hardly register
Frequency: 6.88.5 per million words
To almost not notice or perceive something.
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Examples (10)
- The faint whisper would hardly register above the crowd's roar.
- His polite objection seemed to hardly register with the dominant group.
- The subtle change in the painting might hardly register to an untrained eye.
- During the intense debate, her quiet remark could hardly register.
- The tiny improvement in performance will hardly register on the overall system speed.
- She was so absorbed in her book that the passing car could hardly register.
- The new policy's impact on small businesses will hardly register at first.
- Even a significant price drop might hardly register with luxury consumers.
- The distant rumbling thunder did hardly register until the storm was much closer.
- He found it frustrating that his persistent warnings seemed to hardly register.