Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not seeing; blind.

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  • adjective blind
  • adjective Not aware of what is visible.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not consciously observing
  • adjective lacking sight

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Examples

  • Anyone wanting to visit Beszel or Ul Qoma needs to take special training courses and pass a test in "unseeing" and what is appropriate behavior generally.

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  • The difficulty with "unseeing," as here, is that it so often appears to happen just a little too late.

    The City & The City 2009

  • The difficulty with "unseeing," as here, is that it so often appears to happen just a little too late.

    The Little Professor: 2009

  • Subtly, almost casually, Miéville constructs a metaphor for modern life in which our habits of "unseeing" allow us to ignore that which does not directly affect our familiar lives.

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  • His gaze unseeing into the night beyond the window.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • For those, the stagiaires are confronted with several trays of neatly arranged rabbit heads, their fur and skin removed to expose the pink flesh beneath, their tiny teeth bared, their unseeing eyes all staring in the same direction.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • She sank back down to her chair, eyes wide, unseeing, lost in some fantasy of her own mind.

    Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011

  • He was sitting as still as a statue with eyes rolled up, unseeing, in his head.

    Master of Mirrors Amanda Marrone 2011

  • The other drivers remain unseeing and oblivious, probably even to the moon.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • He turned his unseeing eyes upon her, his grip tightening upon her fingers.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

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