Unseeing

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of unsee form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Blind. not-comparable

    "The cave frog's eyes have devolved into unseeing lumps."

  2. 2
    Not aware of what is visible. not-comparable

    "Although his eyes were open, the sleepwalker headed, with unseeing eyes, towards the danger."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not consciously observing wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking sight wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
sightlessa stranger toablepticalabsent-mindedamauroticasleep

Example

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"The cave frog's eyes have devolved into unseeing lumps."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + seeing.

Etymology 2

From unsee + -ing.

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