unseen
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3.2
- adjective
- /ʌnˈsiːn/
:
invisible
- He walked through the city unseen, blending into the crowd.
- remain unseen
- seen and unseen
- unseen forces
Again, it's just kind of like these sort of unseen, unheard groups of people in Seoul.
- Again, it's just kind of like these sort of unseen, unheard groups of people in Seoul.
- And their goal is to get control of the seen and unseen forces.
- But throughout our life, we're guided by invisible, unseen forces.
- And when they don't, you can feel very unheard, very lonely, and very unseen in the struggles you face.
- She danced for the unseen spirits of the dead and the unborn.
- But yeah, I'm seeing right now a huge push back against unseen unintentional drinking.
Examples
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Throughout American history, African Americans were typically the unseen servicemen and women.
Academic text (2015) -
You would let beauty such as this go unseen?
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Because so many people feel unseen in this world.
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You are home, she heard an unseen voice say.
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The second one is brand new and unseen before.
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You do not have to see us if we are left unseen.
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And my roots have been growing underneath ground unseen for so long.
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And yet, the grandeur of Widener Library is unseen to the outside world.
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Again, it's just kind of like these sort of unseen, unheard groups of people in Seoul.
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Her skin prickled, as if unseen eyes followed her from the concealing shadows.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
148
2.7
Not easy for other people to notice
125
1.1
A thing that is not easily seen or found
57
2.5
Other people do not see or pay attention to it
37
4.6
Not found or noticed by others
12
3.4
Kept where you cannot see it
3
5.2
Not seen or noticed by anyone
2
4.6
Hard to see or notice
1
8.0
Not able to be seen or noticed when you look
1
8.4
The eye cannot notice it
1
8.2
Other people do not notice someone or something
Not seen or noticed
Not seen or noticed by anyone
People do not notice it when it is important
Not noticed or given any attention
Not able to be seen with the eyes
Too small to be seen, heard, or noticed
Hard to see or notice
Not easily seen, noticed, or understood
Antonyms
Idioms
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unseen is made from un- meaning 'not' and seen, from the verb see. So it literally means 'not seen' — something invisible or unnoticed.