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unseeing

British  
/ ʌnˈsiːɪŋ /

adjective

  1. with one's eyes open but not noticing or perceiving anything

"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

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Daniel, with his unseeing yet piercing gaze, turns out to be the conscience of this story, which doesn’t mean that he, his memories or his eventual testimony can be entirely trusted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

It poised, tensed, on the landscape of shelterless rocks, While there, close beside, the still unseeing fox Was only a hare’s-breath away.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022

This can be really useful for mitigating anxiety, as well as for unseeing what you once considered can’t-unseeable.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2020

Few characters in ballet make as lasting an impression as the Sleepwalker, an enigmatic character with long, flowing hair who makes her unseeing entrance on point, holding a candle.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2017

I open my eyes, afraid of the unseeing stranger I’ll find this time, but I don’t find a stranger.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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