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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 observingplay

2. lacking sightplay

  Familiarity information: UNSEEING used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNSEEING (adjective)


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:

eyeless; sightless; unseeing

Context example:

blind as an eyeless beggar

Similar:

blind; unsighted (unable to see)


 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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