INAPPARENT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

inapparent

adjective

Definition of inapparent

as in hidden

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Adjective

Anthropic’s work even shows that internal signals can reveal when a model suspects it’s being tested, detects manipulation or is pursuing a hidden objective.

— Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Gardner pleaded guilty to placing a hidden camera in a bathroom at a gymnastics studio in Purvis, Mississippi, between December 2017 and April 2018 to record his students.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of hidden

Adjective

Well, not necessarily unhittable, but impossible to score runs against.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The documentary contains, through her participation and performance, the accommodation that facts alone are insufficient and maybe impossible.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of impossible

Adjective

Instead, Nick Sirianni gifted Jacksonville a live return, setting up an improbable walk-off win.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Seven months removed from their improbable appearance in February’s Super Bowl, the New England Patriots looked anything but super.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of improbable

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But the story of twentieth-century democracy from Watergate to the Pentagon Papers is inconceivable without print.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Technology, public taste and economic conditions all contributed to its once-inconceivable drastic makeover.

— Rick Nicita, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of inconceivable

Adjective

In a moment when global power is concentrated in the hands of a small group of weird men with a lot of relationship drama, War doesn’t ever seem too implausible.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
In fact, this scenario would have been implausible until the last couple of years.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of implausible

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