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[ uhn-seen ] / ʌnˈsin / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unseen ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible. recognized or comprehended without prior study, as a written text or musical score. Origin of unseen1150–1200; Middle English unsene, unsehene;see un-1, seen Words nearby unseenunseduced, unseeded, unseeing, unseelie, unseemly, unseen, unsegregated, unselfconscious, unselfish, unsell, unsentimental Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unseenThat number is higher than the official case count because it includes an estimate of infections that go unseen, unfelt, or unreported. Population immunity is slowing down the pandemic in parts of the US|David Rotman|August 11, 2020|MIT Technology Review For creatures at these depths, trying to swim here unseen is “like trying to play hide and seek on a football field,” says Karen Osborn. Superblack fish can disappear in the deep sea’s darkness|Erin Garcia de Jesus|August 10, 2020|Science News For Students Instead they are spotted as shadows crossing in front of their stars, or inferred as unseen forces tugging at their stars. This is the first picture of a sunlike star with multiple exoplanets|Lisa Grossman|July 22, 2020|Science News Such eyes in the skies, WMO notes, can record extremes that might otherwise go unseen. Lightning megaflashes set big new distance and duration records|Carolyn Gramling|July 21, 2020|Science News For Students
They thought these must have been created by unseen exoplanets — planets outside of our solar system. Developing planet emerges in a swirl of gas|Lisa Grossman|July 6, 2020|Science News For Students I walked home alone, in the dark, all the unseen voices of that evening still ringing in my ears. Sex, Suicide, and Homework: The Secret World of the Telephone Hotline|Tim Teeman|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The presence of the chicken feet protects and preserves the unseen but nonetheless unbreakable bonds of love and family. ‘Gods of Suburbia’: Dina Goldstein’s Arresting Photo Series on Religion vs. Consumerism|Dina Goldstein|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST She said that whenever she came into the room, she had felt the radiation of a vast and unseen force. Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the play, Gallagher plays Jimmy, who has been friends with the unseen Sam for more than 25 years. Into the Grindr of the Gay Dating Game: Sex, Death, and Aging in ‘Stealing Sam’|Tim Teeman|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Unseen and unknown, he lived in secret, creeping into homes in the dead of night and surviving on what he could steal. The Daily Beast's Best Longreads, Aug 24, 2014|The Daily Beast|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST The ever present Ellen, who had never herself given a thought to the unseen, brought Pelle face to face with infinity. Pelle the Conqueror, Complete|Martin Anderson Nexo But, all this while, his vanity was pleased and his curiosity roused by the continued correspondence of his unseen Egeria. Ernest Maltravers, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton Then the blackness fell once more; and a thin peal of midsummer thunder rolled over the unseen tree-tops. The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts An unseen hand had just snatched away half of the cottage roof. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Vicente Blasco Ibanez Make me sensitive to the unseen influences that bring thy messages. Leaves of Life|Margaret Bird Steinmetz
British Dictionary definitions for unseen
adjectivenot observed or perceived; invisible (of passages of writing) not previously seen or prepared nounmainly British a passage, not previously seen, that is presented to students for translation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with unseenThe American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to unseenunnoticed, undiscovered, undetected, lurking, invisible, imaginary, imagined, dark, occult, concealed, impalpable, impenetrable, imperceptible, inconspicuous, obscure, out of sight, unobtrusive, unsuspected, veiled, curtained |