- not observed or perceived; invisible
- (of passages of writing) not previously seen or prepared
- chiefly Brit a passage, not previously seen, that is presented to students for translation
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
un•seen
(un sēn′),USA pronunciation adj.
- not seen;
unperceived;
unobserved;
invisible. - recognized or comprehended without prior study, as a written text or musical score.
- 1150–1200; Middle English unsene, unsehene; see un-1, seen
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unseen /ʌnˈsiːn/ adj
'unseen' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Autocue
- boiler room
- lanthanum
- sight
- Teleprompter
- voice-over
- window
- adelgid
- aphanite
- discover
- draw
- invisible
- un
- unsight