Unseen
[ʌn'siːn] or [,ʌn'sin]
Definition
(a.) Not seen or discovered.
(a.) Unskilled; inexperienced.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Invisible, unnoticed, unperceived,[See SELFISH]
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Definition
adj. not seen: invisible.—adj. Unsee′ing not seeing blind.
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Examples
- Unseen by the spy, Mr. Cruncher stood at his side, and touched him on the shoulder like a ghostly bailiff. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- That was Mr. Wildeve who passed, miss, he said slowly, and expressed by his face that he expected her to feel vexed at having been sitting unseen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I moved the table, like a Medium of the present day, by the vigor of my unseen hold upon it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I touched it so softly that I was not heard, and looked in unseen. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- No; he was quite sure that she was an ideal woman, so therefore worshipped her—unseen, unheard—with all the chivalrous affection of a medi?val knight. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And then, from unseen lips, a cruel and mocking peal of laughter rang through the desolate place. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Here was one centre then, here in the complete darkness beside the unseen, raw grave. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Unseen we reached a rear window and with the straps and leather of my trappings I lowered, first Sola and then Dejah Thoris to the ground below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- This man declares that he was not absent from his post for an instant, and he is positive that neither boy nor man could have gone that way unseen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Her soul was new, undefined and glimmering with the unseen. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- So frantic were their efforts to escape from the unseen thing behind me that one of the braves was hurled headlong from the cliff to the rocks below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Thus, with a thoughtful face, he finds his hat and cloak, unseen of the Analytical, and goes his way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There is as much faith in the willingness to work for an unseen future in this world as in another. Plato. The Republic.
- Early in the morning I was out, and looking in, unseen, at one of the wooden windows of the forge. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The things which are seen are opposed in Scripture to the things which are unseen--they are equally opposed in Plato to universals and ideas. Plato. The Republic.
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