UNSEEN Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

unseen

adjective

Definition of unseen

as in hidden

not seen or able to be seen unseen dangers He escaped unseen.

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Recent Examples of unseen The unseen footage of Combs [filming himself before his trial]. — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026 Such attention and admiration will only elevate to new, unseen levels following a night when Madjo broke out into the wider footballing public. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 By tracing that history, researchers can then learn how the galaxy’s mass is distributed, including the unseen dark matter that shapes its gravitational field. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 The Argentinian prairie is adorned with imaginary houses, castles and theatres as the young girls construct spontaneous, invisible cities, stories and games in which Koberidze’s likewise unseen characters could live. — Manahil Tahira, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unseen

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseen

Adjective

The family drama is set during an idyllic island vacation that takes a tumultuous turn when a mother’s sudden physical outburst towards her 10-year-old son exposes hidden tensions and lingering conflicts within the family.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Others uncover assumptions that would otherwise remain hidden.

— Chiara Alzati, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of hidden

Adjective

Exercises involving public safety partners, facility operators, legal advisors, executive leadership and technical personnel often reveal procedural gaps that remain invisible during routine operations.

— Bill Edwards, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The sector has spent decades treating this capital as either invisible or suspicious.

— Alaa Murabit, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of invisible

Adjective

With all those stars clumped together, even fainter globular clusters will typically be easier to spot than the smaller variety.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
For astronomers, these satellites would become a nightmare for observations, crowding out and obscuring fainter objects or even challenging the Milky Way’s prominence with their glare.

— Arielle Frommer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of faint

Adjective

Add in the fact that the people involved in these recordings tend to be minors, and there are a lot of fraught legal lines that kids are running up against when using inconspicuous wearables to film their peers.

— Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026
Patch-Test Your Cleaner Test the cleaner in a couple of inconspicuous areas first because different sections of a vintage bag may react differently.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of inconspicuous

Adjective

Yet cycling’s code of ethics is both large and indistinct; the scale of Pogačar’s dominance threatens its traditions.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026
There, a holiday somewhere hot and indistinct, the only clear memory compressed into the feeling of rough grains of sand studding her feet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Definition of indistinct

Adjective

Storms could be severe, with a level 2 out of 5; a slight risk is in place.

— Laura Bannon, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
However, recent August polling shows Democrats are making ground on Republicans — still within the poll's margin of error — but with Talarico having a slight edge over Paxton.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

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