UNSEEN

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

(adjective) not anticipated; ā€œunanticipated and disconcerting lines of developmentā€- H.W.Glidden; ā€œunforeseen circumstancesā€; ā€œa virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energyā€; ā€œlike a bolt out of the blueā€; ā€œunseen problemsā€

unobserved, unseen

(adjective) not seen or observed; ā€œmanaged to slip away unobservedā€; ā€œunseen forces at workā€

unseen

(adjective) not seen or perceived; ā€œunseen natural resourcesā€

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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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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