unseen

[ UK /ʌnsˈiːn/ ]
[ US /ənˈsin/ ]
NOUN
  1. a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit
ADJECTIVE
  1. not seen or perceived
    unseen natural resources
  2. not seen or observed
    unseen forces at work
    managed to slip away unobserved
  3. 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
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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
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