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undetectable

undetectable adjective: unable to be detected; not detectable.

Adjective

undetectable (comparative more undetectable, superlative most undetectable)

  1. Unable to be detected; not detectable.
    • In these days of “rolled” gold, electro-plate, and undetectable pearls, it is curious that almost the only honest Ersatz material known to the goldsmith's art should be utterly forgotten.1923, Arthur Michael Samuel, “Pinchbeck”, in The Mancroft Essays, page 164
    • A trial of scar may be justified in a woman with a previous cesarean section who is currently on HAART, has an undetectable virus and spontaneously goes into labor.2012, Jyoti Dhar, “A Guide to the Clinical Care of Pregnant Women with HIV”, in Mamatha M Lala, Rashid H Merchant, editors, Principles of Perinatal and Pediatric HIV/AIDS, Jaypee Brothers Medical...
    Synonyms:
    indetectable

Examples of undetectable in a sentence

  • It's totally undetectable by the Coast Guard.2014 March 24, Adam Reed, “On the Carpet” (17:49 from the start), in Archer, season 5, episode 9, spoken by Dr. Algernop Krieger (Lucky...
  • Some forms of data poisoning are undetectable.2023, Paul Scharre, Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:

Synonyms of undetectable

Antonyms

Forms of undetectable

comparativemore undetectable
superlativemost undetectable

Origin of undetectable

From un- + detectable.

Words formed from undetectable

Questions about undetectable

What does undetectable mean?
Undetectable means unable to be detected; not detectable.
How do you use undetectable in a sentence?
It's totally undetectable by the Coast Guard.
What part of speech is undetectable?
Undetectable is an adjective.

Words near undetectable in the dictionary

  1. undetailed
  2. undetainable
  3. undetained
  4. undetd
  5. undetectability
  6. undetectable
  7. undetectably
  8. undetected
  9. undetectible
  10. undeteriorated
  11. undeteriorating

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