unapparent

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After viewing the video, Beck concluded the officer’s actions were not reasonable “given Alford’s limited and unapparent resistance,” his report said. The chief and the civilian Police Commission determined Garcia violated department rules during the arrest.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2016

Genevieve's face turned a sudden, painful red, for some unapparent reason.

From The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

Suspense in Heaven, Held by thy voice, thy potent voice he hears, And longer will delay, to hear thee tell His generation, and the rising birth Of Nature from the unapparent deep.—vii. 98-103.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel

As Philip Aylwin says, "the only soul-satisfying function of art is to give what Zoroaster calls 'apparent pictures of unapparent realities.'"

From Aylwin by Watts-Dunton, Theodore

The first brought an approving light to her eyes; but the second, for some unapparent reason, filled her heart with vague misgiving.

From Miss Billy — Married by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)