1 that cannot be seen:
unseen forces / powers * He was killed by a single shot from an unseen soldier. * I managed to slip out the room unseen. * I had the strong sense of an unseen presence in the room.
2 not previously seen:
unseen dangers / difficulties * The exam consists of an essay and an unseen translation.
IDIOMS see SIGHTn.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for unseen is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is unseen a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, unseen is tagged as adjective.
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