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Elusive

/iˈluːsɪv/

Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.

📖 Definitions of "Elusive"

adjective
  1. 1

    Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.

    "The elusive criminal was arrested"

  2. 2

    Difficult to make precise.

    "A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive (Robbin's pathology, 8th ed)"

  3. 3

    Rarely seen.

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