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Whether out of fear, indifference or a sense of impotence, the general population has learned to turn away, like commuters speeding by on the freeways to the suburbs, unseeingly passing over the squalor.

From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2011

It was obvious that he was seriously vision impaired as he stood staring unseeingly at the far wall.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2010

Or. with a melting tenderness, the father would stare unseeingly at his son and murmur, "Clementine, I would give my life for a kiss from your lips!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Christopher Hopson, 7, worked hard in school last year and got all A's and B's, but this year he sometimes stares unseeingly into space, complains of feeling dizzy and gets D's.

From Time Magazine Archive

He accepted the sheets held out to him and gazed at them unseeingly.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov