inaperçu

unnoticed, unobserved

adjective ee-na-pehr-SÜ Rare

Usage Note

inaperçu is typically used in the fixed phrase passer inaperçu (to go unnoticed). It agrees in gender and number with what goes unnoticed: elle est passée inaperçue, une erreur inaperçue. The word is formal and rarely used outside this near-fixed construction.

Examples

"Il est passé inaperçu dans la foule."

Natural Translation

He went unnoticed in the crowd.

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