unsaw; unseeing; unsees
1
: to fail to see (something) : to avoid seeing (something)
Countless people have studied the painting and never seen the hidden likeness in it. Yet, once it comes to your attention, you can't unsee it again.—
Kenneth Baker
Kenneth Baker2
: to forget having seen (something) : to erase the image of (something) from one's memory
Like at the porn expo, you see things at the poker expo you can never unsee.—Bill Simmons
Bill SimmonsExamples of unsee in a Sentence
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One such scene etches itself in our minds, impossible to unsee.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
And the second officer couldn't unsee the marijuana the state claims was in plain sight.
—John Fritze, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
America can’t unsee January 6.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 5 Feb. 2023
His family will never unsee that.
—Don Riddell, CNN, 5 Sep. 2020
The glaring lack of diversity in the space was impossible to unsee.
—Samantha Anderl, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
Although the GOP used to self-identify as the party of law and order, no one outside the Fox bubble can unsee the January 6 zip-tie carrying mob beating federal police officers with flags and metal poles while threatening to hang Mike Pence.
—Sabrina Haake, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
The sight of whites ousted and Asians taking their place was one that colonized people couldn’t easily unsee.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2022
Now settled in downtown L.A. and clean from drugs for 11 years, War can’t unsee the homeless.
—Beth Wood Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2021
Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
And the second officer couldn't unsee the marijuana the state claims was in plain sight.
—John Fritze, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
America can’t unsee January 6.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 5 Feb. 2023
His family will never unsee that.
—Don Riddell, CNN, 5 Sep. 2020
The glaring lack of diversity in the space was impossible to unsee.
—Samantha Anderl, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
Although the GOP used to self-identify as the party of law and order, no one outside the Fox bubble can unsee the January 6 zip-tie carrying mob beating federal police officers with flags and metal poles while threatening to hang Mike Pence.
—Sabrina Haake, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
The sight of whites ousted and Asians taking their place was one that colonized people couldn’t easily unsee.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2022
Now settled in downtown L.A. and clean from drugs for 11 years, War can’t unsee the homeless.
—Beth Wood Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2021
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“Unsee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsee. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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