[
UK
/ʌnsˈiːn/
]
[ US /ənˈsin/ ]
[ US /ənˈsin/ ]
NOUN
- a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit
ADJECTIVE
-
not seen or perceived
unseen natural resources -
not seen or observed
unseen forces at work
managed to slip away unobserved -
not anticipated
unseen problems
unforeseen circumstances
a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy
like a bolt out of the blue
unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development
How To Use unseen In A Sentence
- Aside from the occasional lazy baa of an unseen sheep, you could be the only person on earth.
- On the taxes proposed she said, "Those concerned by our wish list's ` nanny state 'implications might helpfully redirect their focus to the many unseen measures intentionally adopted by the food industry to shape our behaviour … It seems that without our knowledge or consent we are subject to the pervasive' nannying 'activities of industry. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- We print a selection of previously unseen photos from the Spanish rider's early years.
- With a quick catch and lift, he passed Michael up and into unseen hands outstretched from the iron wall of the ship, and paddled ahead to an open cargo port. CHAPTER 2
- To one side of the central playing area is another book with its spine in the air, forming a shelter for six unseen musicians. Times, Sunday Times
- The bonus issue brought Democrats and Republicans together in a way unseen all year. Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Barney Frank suggested the executives should be fired.
- They perform what they call "unseen dance" -- original dances experienced through senses other than sight. The New York Public Library: Dancing in the Dark: Experiencing Dance Without Sight
- Unseen hands brailed the galley's sails up against their yards. Conan Of The Isles
- They can exercise a subtle, unseen influence, somewhat like a magnetic field or centripetal force, compelling us inexorably back on ourselves.
- Thus Philo Judaeus may equate the hy - ponoia of a text with its latent theme, its mystery, its secret, its unexpressed, unseen, nonliteral, or simply intelligible meaning. Dictionary of the History of Ideas