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Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on a more complex scale.
David Mitchell

Meaning of "unobvious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNOBVIOUS

unobvious  [ʌnˈɒbvɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNOBVIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unobvious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNOBVIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unobvious in the English dictionary

The definition of unobvious in the dictionary is not immediately evident or apparent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNOBVIOUS


bivious
ˈbɪvɪəs
Clavius
ˈkleɪvɪəs
devious
ˈdiːvɪəs
envious
ˈɛnvɪəs
impervious
ɪmˈpɜːvɪəs
invious
ˈɪnvɪəs
lascivious
ləˈsɪvɪəs
lixivious
lɪkˈsɪvɪəs
multivious
mʌlˈtɪvɪəs
niveous
ˈnɪvɪəs
nonobvious
ˌnɒnˈɒbvɪəs
oblivious
əˈblɪvɪəs
obvious
ˈɒbvɪəs
overobvious
ˌəʊvərˈɒbvɪəs
pervious
ˈpɜːvɪəs
pluvious
ˈpluːvɪəs
previous
ˈpriːvɪəs
unenvious
ʌnˈenvɪəs
uveous
ˈjuːvɪəs
Vesuvius
vɪˈsuːvɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNOBVIOUS

unobeyed
unobjectionable
unobjectionably
unobliging
unobnoxious
unobscured
unobservable
unobservance
unobservant
unobserved
unobservedly
unobserving
unobstructed
unobstructive
unobtainable
unobtained
unobtrusive
unobtrusively
unobtrusiveness
unoccupied

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNOBVIOUS

ambitious
anxious
conscious
curious
delicious
furious
glorious
hilarious
infectious
luxurious
mysterious
notorious
precious
prestigious
religious
serious
spacious
suspicious
various
vicious

Synonyms and antonyms of unobvious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unobvious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNOBVIOUS

Find out the translation of unobvious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unobvious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unobvious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不明显
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no evidente
570 millions of speakers

English

unobvious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unobvious
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير واضح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неочевидным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unobvious
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unobvious
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

non évidente
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak jelas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nicht offensichtlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自明でない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불명확
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unobvious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unobvious
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unobvious
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्वाभाविक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belirgin olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unobvious
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieoczywiste
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неочевидним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neclară
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unobvious
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unobvious
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unobvious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unobvious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unobvious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNOBVIOUS»

The term «unobvious» is normally little used and occupies the 113.421 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unobvious

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QUOTES WITH «UNOBVIOUS»

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David Mitchell
Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on a more complex scale.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNOBVIOUS»

Discover the use of unobvious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unobvious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Patent it Yourself: Your Step-by-step Guide to Filing at the ...
Your Step-by-step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office David Pressman. of the terms “obviousness” and “unobviousness.” In the crucial step (#4), the court merely repeated the very terms (obvious and unobvious) it was seeking to define.
David Pressman, 2012
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Technology Commercialization Manual: Strategy, Tactics, and ...
A public use, a sale, or an offer for sale by the inventor or anyone else in the U.S. more than one year before applying for a patent will also bar a patent. "OBVIOUS " AND "UNOBVIOUS" DEFINITION There is much misunderstanding over what ...
Melvin Joseph DeGeeter, 2004
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The Critical Imagination
A person who makes an imaginative pass does not necessarily think of a pass, but she does think of something else: she thinks of an unobvious way of putting her teammates in a better position to score, or an unobvious way of keeping the ...
James Grant, 2013
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Grazer Philosophische Studien, Vol. 88 – 2013: International ...
and Skeptical Permissivism is an extremely strong and unobvious claim. It is not true in general, after all, that the disjunction of extremely strong and unobvious positions must itself be extremely strong and unobvious. ere are some ...
Johannes L. Brandl, Marian David, Maria E Reicher, 2014
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The Poetics of Alfarabi and Avicenna
latter speaks of complicated and unobvious truths. This may be explained as follows. The issue may be set out by considering the case of a native child learning its language. Unless we assume that children are born with knowledge of their ...
Salim Kemal, 1991
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The Technology Management Handbook
patents are granted for processes, machines, manufactures, compositions of matter, and any improvements thereof that are useful, new, and unobvious to one of ordinary skill in the art. Design patents are granted for any new, original, and ...
Richard C. Dorf, 1998
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Managing Time in Relational Databases: How to Design, Update ...
Unobvious Redundancies in Relational Data Models, Part 1.” InfoManagement Direct (September 2001). http://www.information-management.com/infodirect/ 20010914/4007-1.html Tom Johnston. “Unobvious Redundancies in Relational ...
Tom Johnston, Randall Weis, 2010
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Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
ONCE A PRODUCT APPEARING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL IS FOUND AND A 35 U.S.C. 102/103 REJECTION MADE, THE BURDEN SHIFTS TO THE APPLICANT TO SHOW AN UNOBVIOUS DIFFERENCE "The Patent Office ...
J. Michael Thesz, 1997
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Inventions And Patents
Requirement. 4: Unobvious. Is your product truly inventive? That is, would it be obvious to any technically competent person in your field or does it represent a real advance over existing technologies? To meet this requirement, your invention ...
Steve S. Barbarich, 2000
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Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Industry Faces the 21st Century ...
Under this standard, a biotechnology process (a term defined by the law) is unobvious if it makes or uses a composition of matter that is novel and unobvious . Two recent decisions by the federal circuit court have also emphasized that the  ...
Jon Paugh, John C. Lafrance, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNOBVIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unobvious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Camp Prepare! Offers Readiness Test
What they forget is the unobvious items. So, you get out there and you had a great stock of canned food, but you didn't have a can opener. Do some 'what ifs' ... «KBND, Jul 15»
2
Square Inc. v. Protegrity Corp. - What Constitutes a Covered …
But the PTAB again disagreed, concluding that at least claim 1 fails to recite a technological feature that is novel, unobvious or a technical solution to a technical ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
3
Federal Circuit Answers Questions About Covered Business Method …
With regard to the “technological inventions” exception, the court questioned the need for the “novel and unobvious” language in the USPTO's definition, but ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
4
Federal Circuit Allows Judicial Review of PTAB's Determination That …
... as one that: (1) recites a technological feature that is novel and unobvious over the prior art; and (2) solves a technical problem using a technological solution. «JD Supra, Jul 15»
5
Federal Circuit Finds CBM Eligibility Reviewable on Appeal
The Federal Circuit takes issue with this definition, saying that there is “little cause” to support the “novel and unobvious” determination at such early stages. «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
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Geoffrey Hawthorn
... be what serious philosophers dream of, a philosophy at once thoroughly truthful and honestly helpful, it would still be hard, unaccommodating and unobvious. «London Review of Books, Jun 15»
7
Granting-in-part denying-in-part institution CBM2015-00021
Patent Owner also argued that the '201 Patent is for a novel and unobvious technological invention. The Board was persuaded by the Petitioner that at least ... «Lexology, Jun 15»
8
Unobvious Observations: Cognitive fluency
Your consumers don't want to think if they don't have to, which is fine if they already know and love your brand. But what if you need to get their attention? «Campaign Asia-Pacific, May 15»
9
Expatriate's Jalapeño Popper Steamed Bao Sandwich
Pomeroy, Portland's reigning bad-girl chef who doubles as owner of Beast across the street, quickly points out the unobvious: the “popper” is vegetarian. «Portland Monthly, Feb 15»
10
Columnists are the worst
So what's the point of writing columns? There are the obvious, selfish reasons and then there are the unobvious, selfish reasons. The obvious reason being that I ... «Duke Chronicle, Jan 15»

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