noticeable
adjective
unnoticeably
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a word derived from
noticeable.
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a word derived from
unnoticeable.
unnoticeableadjectivenot easily seen or detected; imperceptible
Example Sentences
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It’s a thriller that turns the screws so unnoticeably you begin squirming before you notice how efficiently the play has gotten, well, under your skin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
In fact, even this research found that to maximize happiness, you should spend a little more on experiences—it just also found that this “gain” in happiness was incredibly, perhaps unnoticeably, small.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2017
In both stories Mr. Bennett’s prose occasionally and almost unnoticeably switches from the past to the present tense, as if to signal his glee at the immediacy of it all.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2011
Patty’s tears came on like a rain that starts unnoticeably but surprisingly soon soaks everything.
From The New Yorker ● May 24, 2010
Anybody who does this even mildly and unnoticeably means harm to the person he is talking about.
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Hans Gustav Adolf Gross
