- unseen
- See: SIGHT UNSEEN.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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Unseen — is used in the following contexts: *Unseen (Unseen.tv) *The Unseen (band) *The Unseen (album) *HMS Unseen (disambiguation)ee also*Unseen character *Unseen examination *Unseen University *Unseen Terror *Unseen Power *Sight Unseen… … Wikipedia
Unseen — Un*seen , a. 1. Not seen or discovered. [1913 Webster] 2. Unskilled; inexperienced. [Obs.] Clarendon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unseen — index blind (concealed), clandestine, covert, furtive, hidden, inconspicuous, latent, potential … Law dictionary
unseen — early 13c., from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of SEE (Cf. see) (v.). Cf. O.E. ungesewen, M.Du. ongesien, Du. ongezien, O.H.G. ungesëhan, Ger. ungesehen, O.N. usenn … Etymology dictionary
unseen — [adj] hidden concealed, curtained, dark, imaginary, imagined, impalpable, impenetrable, imperceptible, inconspicuous, invisible, lurking, not in sight, obscure, occult, out of sight, shrouded, undetected, undiscovered, unnoticed, unobserved,… … New thesaurus
unseen — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not seen or noticed. 2) chiefly Brit. (of a passage for translation in an examination) not previously read or prepared … English terms dictionary
unseen — [unsēn′] adj. 1. not seen, perceived, or observed; invisible 2. not noticed or discovered 3. not seen or prepared for in advance … English World dictionary
unseen — un|seen1 [ ,ʌn sin ] adjective not seen or known about by anyone: unseen forces/troops/enemies the unseen hand that holds the camera sight unseen 1. ) if you buy something sight unseen, you buy it without seeing it first 2. ) used about something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unseen — [[t]ʌ̱nsi͟ːn[/t]] 1) ADJ If you describe something as unseen, you mean that it has not been seen for a long time. ...a spectacular ballroom, unseen by the public for over 30 years... We print a selection of previously unseen photos from the… … English dictionary
unseen — I UK [ʌnˈsiːn] / US [ˌʌnˈsɪn] adjective not seen or known about by anyone unseen forces/troops/enemies the unseen hand that holds the camera • See: sight I II UK [ʌnˈsiːn] / US [ʌnˈsɪn] adverb without being seen by anyone He hid unseen under the… … English dictionary
unseen — un|seen1 [ˌʌnˈsi:n] adj formal not noticed or seen ▪ Raj crept out of the house unseen. ▪ unseen dangers →sight unseen at ↑sight1 (17) unseen 2 un|seen2 [ʌnˈsi:n] n BrE a piece of writing that you must translate into your own language in an… … Dictionary of contemporary English
