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inosservato

unnoticed

adjective ee-noss-ser-VAH-toh Rare
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Also means

unobserved

Usage Note

Inosservato is most commonly used in the fixed expression passare inosservato ('to go unnoticed'), which is extremely frequent in Italian journalism and speech. It agrees in gender and number: inosservata (f), inosservati (m pl), inosservate (f pl).

Examples

"Il ladro è passato inosservato tra la folla."

Natural Translation

The thief went unnoticed in the crowd.

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