UNSEEN

unanticipated, unforeseen, unseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue

(adjective) not anticipated; “unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development”- H.W.Glidden; “unforeseen circumstances”; “a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy”; “like a bolt out of the blue”; “unseen problems”

unobserved, unseen

(adjective) not seen or observed; “managed to slip away unobserved”; “unseen forces at work”

unseen

(adjective) not seen or perceived; “unseen natural resources”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

unseen (not comparable)

Not seen or discovered; invisible.

Unskilled; inexperienced.

Not hitherto noticed; unobserved.

Etymology 2

Verb

unseen

past participle of unsee

Noun

unseen (plural unseens)

An examination involving material not previously seen or studied.

I have French and Latin unseens this summer.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*seen", a.

1. Not seen or discovered.

2. Unskilled; inexperienced. [Obs.] Clarendon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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