ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unseen

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ʌnˈsiːn/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Unseen is an adjective meaning Not seen or discovered; invisible.

Meaning

Not seen or discovered; invisible.

More Meanings

  1. Unskilled; inexperienced.
  2. Not hitherto noticed; unobserved.
  3. past participle of unsee
  4. An examination involving material not previously seen or studied.

Example Sentences

What has been seen cannot be unseen.
I have French and Latin unseens this summer.
When night had fallen, the she-demon stole forth toward the hall, which she entered unheard and unseen.
You became to me the visible incarnation of that unseen ideal whose memory haunts us artists like an exquisite dream.

Word Forms

Synonyms for unseen

Depending on context, synonyms include inapparent, nondisplayed, disapparent, invis, invisible, inviso.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include undetected, unobserved, invisible, unrecognized, unprecedented, hidden.

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