Standard Lemma guide

unseeing

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Blind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not aware of what is visible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of unsee

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

not consciously observing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • looked through him with blank unseeing eyes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unobservant

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

lacking sight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • blind as an eyeless beggar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eyeless, sightless

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English seeing English unseeing From un- + seeing.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (unsaiƕands) — not aware of what is visible