How to Use undetected in a Sentence

undetected

adjective
  • The hack went undetected for years, according to the timeline on the blog post.
    William Turton, Fortune, 1 June 2023
  • These species surround us in forests, coasts and cities, but so many of them go undetected.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Scientists say most ship strike deaths go undetected because the whales sink to the bottom of the ocean.
    Ben Tracy, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The formula is scent-free and, for the most part, goes undetected (while still nourishing the skin).
    Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The state has argued that the silver-primer rounds were live, and went undetected for at least 11 days before the shooting.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
  • When a fighter is hit in the head, the brain damage often goes undetected.
    T.j. English, WSJ, 6 June 2021
  • The condition, in which the coronary artery is in the wrong place, often goes undetected.
    Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2022
  • On the front straight, near the start/finish line, there's a slight dip in the asphalt that goes undetected in many cars, including Porsche's four-door.
    David Beard, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2022
  • That’s still a lot of cheaters to deal with, and there’s a good chance that a lot of cheaters are still undetected and operating as normal.
    Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Meeting rooms so small, some players sat in the hall (and some preferred those seats to sleep undetected).
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 17 June 2021
  • Emerald ash borer is a silent, rapid tree killer that lives, often undetected, under the bark of ash trees for 10 months of the year.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The pollution, which went undetected for years, is linked to cancer cases and deaths across the city's south side.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2021
  • There was no spate of undetected child abuse throughout the five boroughs.
    Kendra Hurley, The New Republic, 18 Aug. 2021
  • In Beijing, officials warned over the weekend that the outbreak had been spreading undetected through the city for the past week.
    Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Compare this with the 200 plus days such an attack can go undetected.
    Matt Kimball, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • Hezbollah said the images were captured with a drone that went undetected and returned to Lebanon.
    Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
  • His escape went undetected for more than an hour until guards took a head count.
    Maryclaire Dale and Marc Levy, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • It’s the timing and the look of helplessness on an opponent’s face when Brittney Sykes flies in undetected and swats the ball away with a long, thin arm.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Kots questioned how the drones could have reached the bases undetected, noting that Moscow is within the same distance.
    Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Those are often caused by undetected long-term metal fatigue in the fan blades.
    Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The tests only sample a small part of each crop, so mold may grow undetected and may sicken those who eat it or inhale its spores.
    Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2022
  • And an airship as large as two buses was not going to go undetected.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The tumor was at the edge of his pancreas - an increased danger zone for cancer if the tumor had gone undetected.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • This suggests that there are many more asymptomatic cases that have gone undetected in the area.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Too puny to be observed with a backyard telescope, Jupiter’s dusty wreath remained undetected for a long time.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • Austin goes undetected in his hunt, though Sifu makes a huge blunder.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Alzheimer’s disease affects one in five women and one in 10 men over their lifetimes, and its symptoms can go undetected for up to 20 years.
    Lauryn Higgins, Health, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The massive size of many groups has also enabled men to join undetected, some men said in interviews.
    Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Still undetected, the thieves were able to then make off with a bunch of cash, the exact amount of which authorities are still working to determine.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The final moment of the film remains one of the most shocking endings in pre-code horror history, and takes a stance now common in horror: that sometimes the worst monsters are those that walk among us, undetected.
    B.j. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024

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