Antonyms for unapparent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-par-uhnt, uh-pair-
Phonetic Transcription : əˈpær ənt, əˈpɛər-


Definition of unapparent

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French aparant "evident, obvious, visible," from Latin apparentem (nominative apparens) "visible, manifest," present participle of apparere (see appear). First attested in phrase heir apparent (see heir). Meaning "superficial" is c.1400. Apparent magnitude in astronomy (how bright a heavenly body looks from earth, as opposed to absolute magnitude, which is how bright it really is) is attested from 1875.
  • As in intangible : adj indefinite, obscured
  • As in invisible : adj unable to be seen; hidden
  • As in impalpable : adj intangible, unsubstantial
Example sentences :
  • However small or unapparent the recoil may be, still there is a recoil; and hence its effect.
  • Extract from : « Gunnery in 1858 » by William Greener
  • Miss Keating had tracked the thin thread of conversation carefully, as if in search of an unapparent opportunity.
  • Extract from : « The Immortal Moment » by May Sinclair
  • What Mr. Dilke had done, or could be supposed to have done, to merit the invalids ire, is unapparent.
  • Extract from : « Life of John Keats » by William Michael Rossetti
  • The source of the others is unapparent, though creeping things would very naturally follow beasts and cattle, as in Gen. vii.
  • Extract from : « The Three Additions to Daniel, A Study » by William Heaford Daubney
  • Those playing made that quiet study of him which is so unapparent, and yet invariably so searching.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
  • Genevieve's face turned a sudden, painful red, for some unapparent reason.
  • Extract from : « The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch » by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
  • Mrs. Kennedy, for some unapparent reason, smiled—but there were tears in her eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch » by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
  • In Somehow Good the ugliest tragedy takes its place in the unapparent order of life.
  • Extract from : « Essays on Modern Novelists » by William Lyon Phelps
  • The inheritors of unfulfilled renown Rose from their thrones, built beyond mortal thought Far in the unapparent.
  • Extract from : « Shelley » by Francis Thompson
  • "You can claim, at any rate, a bloodless and unapparent revolution," the Prince observed.
  • Extract from : « The Great Prince Shan » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Synonyms for unapparent

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