unseen

[ uhn-seen ]
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adjective
  1. not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.

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

Origin of unseen

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

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British Dictionary definitions for unseen

unseen

/ (ʌnˈsiːn) /


adjective
  1. not observed or perceived; invisible

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

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

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Other Idioms and Phrases with unseen

unseen

see sight unseen.

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