unseen

[uhn-seen]

adjective

1. not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.

2. recognized or comprehended without prior study, as a written text or musical score.

unseen

/ ʌnˈsiːn /

adjective

1. not observed or perceived; invisible

2. (of passages of writing) not previously seen or prepared

noun

1. a passage, not previously seen, that is presented to students for translation

Word History and Origins

Origin of unseen¹

1150–1200; Middle English unsene, unsehene; un- ¹, seen

Idioms and Phrases

see sight unseen.

Example Sentences

Rare outtakes from films like “Home Alone,” unseen footage and home videos round out the film and give it a piercing intimacy.

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By studying how the light was distorted, researchers could calculate how much matter was packed inside the unseen object.

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The levee also had the power to reveal otherwise unseen intangibles.

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A major new volume of the late writer's work brings together his published and previously unseen poems for the first time.

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Because they trace the flow of moving air, scientists use them as natural markers to study wind behavior that would otherwise remain unseen.

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Related Words

• imaginary 
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• invisible 
• lurking 
• undetected 
• undiscovered 
• unnoticed