Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not noticed.
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- adjective Not the subject of any
remark
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- adjective not perceived or commented on
Etymologies
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Examples
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But, if this crisis slides out of the public domain unremarked by the political classes, fishing as an issue is set to come back with a vengeance to haunt the Conservatives.
Talking about them… talking about themselves Richard 2006
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He rode alone, dressed like one of his own esquires, and gave the word unremarked to the sleepy sentinel at the gate.
The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899
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While Stoker's Count is not all that indistinguishable from ordinary mortals in most circumstances, Browning's is - although he appears on the streets of London unremarked, which is rather strange in view of his outlandish getup.
Sunlight Through The Shadows Magazine Volume 2 Issue 2 (ANSI Edition) 1994
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*Don't board a taxi that appears (you aren't sure) "unremarked" by the security authorities.
Signs of the Times 2008
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is yet another example of the kind of unremarked-upon warm welcome that one comes to expect in a nearly continual stream, when one is not a subscriber to the orthodoxy at this site.
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Unremarkable lives went unremarked upon, the way God intended.
The Problem With Memoirs: A Moment Of Silence, Please, For The Lost Art Of Shutting Up New York Times 2011
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In mainstream literature, this assumption is so much a part of the landscape that it goes largely unremarked; anyone who thinks of SF&F as adult literature should not find it sticking in their throat either.
MIND MELD: Why is Genre Fiction Bleak and What Can Be Done About It? 2009
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Sometimes women welcome a shroud of invisibility: they cite modesty but also the benefits of being unseen and unremarked.
Katherine Marshall: Hallelujah! The Nobel Prize Committee Blesses Feisty, Spiritual Women Katherine Marshall 2011
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When it comes to the royal wedding, no detail is too small -- or at least too small to go unremarked upon.
Marriage certificate? Check. Photos ... Autumn Brewington 2011
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Unremarkable lives went unremarked upon, the way God intended.
The Problem With Memoirs: A Moment Of Silence, Please, For The Lost Art Of Shutting Up New York Times 2011
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