Word a Day
unseen
What does unseen mean?
unseen (adjective): not seen or discovered; invisible.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce unseen?
/ənˈsin/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does unseen come from?
From Middle English unsen, unseyn, unseien, from Old English unġesewen, from Proto-Germanic *unsewanaz, equivalent to un- + seen.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Test yourself: do you know “unseen”?
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What does “unseen” mean?
concerning all parts of the world
Not quite: that's what global means.
not seen or discovered; invisible
Right! That's what “unseen” means.
distant or otherwise inaccessible
Not quite: that's what remote means.
not divided or shared with others
Not quite: that's what exclusive means.
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