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"hardly recognized" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe something that was barely noticeable, either because it was so small or because it was not obvious. For example, "The tiny flaws in the painting were hardly recognized by the untrained eye."
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She hardly recognized him in the elevator.
Thirty years ago Aboriginal work was hardly recognized as art.
With all that stage makeup on, I hardly recognized myself.
"Mike was so battered, I hardly recognized him," Mrs. Campbell said.
Traditional visual landmarks—flagpole, river bend, stone church are hardly recognized.
Traditional visual landmarks — flagpole, river bend, stone church — are hardly recognized.
At the end of two weeks, he writes, "I hardly recognized the person I had become".
"I hardly recognized the Laura I had known," he later complained.
I hardly recognized myself in the mirror of the Doc Squad.
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You can hardly recognize voices.
And they hardly recognize Pakistan.
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