unobservable

adjective

Definition of unobservablenext
as in imperceptible

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Recent Examples of unobservable With enough data on the correlations between skulls and faces, Nilsson notes, a neural network could pick up patterns that are unobservable to even the keenest human eye, vastly improving predictions of facial structure. — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025 These differences in neural activity suggest that autistic individuals may rely less on mental state information, which is unobservable and abstract, when processing social interactions and more on tangible, concrete details. — Trystan Loustau and Liane Young, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025 That sets the ultimate limit of what’s in our observable Universe, and whatever part is unobservable, beyond that, can only be inferred, not directly measured. — Big Think, 14 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unobservable
  1. imperceptible
  2. indistinct
  3. unnoticeable
  4. indiscernible
Adjective
  • There was very little, almost imperceptible cross-control.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Progress has been measured in small, almost imperceptible victories.
    — Elizabeth Austin, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of imperceptible
Adjective
  • The play is now set in a purposely indistinct time period.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Often, the ad is for an indistinct mobile game featuring a woman with a freezing baby who must choose between spending her fifty gold coins on either building a working fireplace or repairing a broken window that’s letting in an icy breeze.
    — Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of indistinct
Adjective
  • Except that could be slim enough to be unnoticeable in the hand, but thick enough to handle a bigger cell inside.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • As a result, any visible auroras will likely be faint and possibly unnoticeable to the naked eye because of competition from a bright moon.
    — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 14 Feb. 2025
Definition of unnoticeable
Adjective
  • Tim Lammers Also, every season of The White Lotus kicks off with the death of one of the guests or staffers of the resort, but the identity of the victim is indiscernible to the viewing audience.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The video features multiple shots of the mother-son duo, during which Spears speaks in an indiscernible accent.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of indiscernible

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unobjectionable
unobservable
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“Unobservable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unobservable. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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