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UNSEEING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unseeing mean?
• UNSEEING (adjective)
The adjective UNSEEING has 2 senses:
1. not consciously observing
2. lacking sight
Familiarity information: UNSEEING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not consciously observing
Synonyms:
unobservant; unseeing
Context example:
looked through him with blank unseeing eyes
Similar:
unperceiving; unperceptive (lacking perception)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking sight
Synonyms:
Context example:
blind as an eyeless beggar
Similar:
Context examples
She clung to him, unable to release herself, and he sat, half supporting her in his arms, as he gazed with unseeing eyes at the blur of the great city across the bay.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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