unseen
pronunciation
How to pronounce unseen in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈsi:n]
How to pronounce unseen in American English:
US [ʌnˈsin]
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- Noun:
- a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit
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- Adjective:
- not seen or perceived
- not observed
Word Origin
- unseen (adj.)
- early 13c., from un- (1) "not" + seen. Similar formation in Old English ungesewen, Middle Dutch ongesien, Dutch ongezien, Old High German ungesëhan, German ungesehen, Old Norse usenn.
Example
- 1. Some unseen hand gives us a gentle shove and we start to slide .
- 2. The unseen slamming shut of a door can evoke tension , terror and comedy .
- 3. All kinds of unseen bottlenecks and undiscovered geniuses may be lurking within your business .
- 4. Alongside the other many problems it faces , china too has its deadly point of unseen weakness : demography .
- 5. A major goal of the project is to capture gravitational microlensing events where an unseen body passes between a background star and earth .