Definition of Unseen
Unseen
un·seen
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
hidden, not perceived or noticed, not seen;
e.g. He wanted to remain unseen, so he hid under the table and listened to them talk.
(adjective)
not predicted, expected, or anticipated;
e.g. She talks about the unseen difficulties of being a celebrity.
(adjective)
(British) not having been read, seen, or prepared before, and thus relying on one's existing comprehension or recognition, usually describing a text that is to be translated on an exam;
e.g. The students struggled with translating the last unseen passage because it had several challenging words.
(verb)
(informal) forgotten that one has seen something, erased a particular memory or stopped registering it, usually due to it being very distasteful or unpleasant;
e.g. I hope that she has unseen the embarrassing thing she saw me doing.
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