unobserved
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified a previously unobserved form of quantum matter.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025
It found that these particles, which can either act like a particle or wave, acted as waves passing through both slits in the experiment when they were unobserved.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025
Understanding the causes of those deaths, many of which are unobserved, is key to preventing them.
From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023
When originally shown in the early hours of the morning, the reports would have gone almost unobserved.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2023
Above them on the hillside, but unobserved by them, might have sat Joly Joly Wat, with his tar-box beside him.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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