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# unseen

adjective; adverb

«unseen» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unseen means not seen or not noticed by anyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseen/#m1)
2. In school, an unseen text or test is one you have not looked at before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseen/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, a character slips away unseen, or an unseen danger waits. In school, «unseen poetry» or an «unseen passage» is a text pupils read for the first time in a test. In science, germs and air are unseen but real. Phrases: «sight unseen», «go unseen», «unseen danger», «unseen passage».

### Examples

- The mouse crept past the cat unseen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseen/#x1)
- Germs are unseen, so wash your hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseen/#x2)
- We read an unseen poem in the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseen/#x3)
- An unseen hand pushed the door open in the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseen/#x4)
- The fox stayed unseen in the long grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseen/#x5)
- Many deep-sea animals live unseen by people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseen/#x6)
- Only by night did she creep out unseen to procure food for her kittens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseen/#x7)

### Note

Adjective or adverb; «un-» + «seen». «Sight unseen» means without looking first. Unseen does not mean not there: air and germs are unseen but real.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah, the ten Sefirot are said to flash like lightning, and their origin is hidden.

**Interpretation.** The tradition says that God's creative powers can't be seen or fully known. They can only be glimpsed.

### Examples

- The Ten ineffable Sephiroth have the appearance of the Lightning flash", their origin is unseen and no end is perceived. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unseen/#x1)

### Note

Adjective or adverb; «un-» + «seen». «Sight unseen» means without looking first. Unseen does not mean not there: air and germs are unseen but real.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unseen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unseen/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unseen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unseen.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «unseen» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unseen/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unseen» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/unseen.html) on Mova free.