Unseen by and unseen in are both possible, but they mean different things. By identifies who did not see something, while in introduces a place, image, or text where something does not appear.
Use unseen by to name the observer who did not see something. Use unseen in for a place, image, document, or period where something is absent or not visible.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
This pattern shows who did not notice or see something.
Use in for locations, images, documents, or periods.
Unseen can also stand without a following preposition.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
By identifies an observer, not a place.
✕ The symbol was unseen by the report. ✓ The symbol was unseen in the report.In does not identify the person who failed to notice something.
✕ The thief went unseen in the guards. ✓ The thief went unseen by the guards.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. For example: The files remained unseen for years.
It means something does not appear or is not visible within a place, text, image, or category.
Yes. It often appears in phrases such as went unseen by the audience.
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