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unseeing

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unseeing [ʌnˈsiːɪŋ]
adj
with one's eyes open but not noticing or perceiving anything
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unseeingunseeing - not consciously observing; "looked through him with blank unseeing eyes"
unobservant
unperceiving, unperceptive - lacking perception; "as unperceptive as a boulder"
2.unseeingunseeing - lacking sight; "blind as an eyeless beggar"
sightless, eyeless
blind, unsighted - unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan
Translations
unseeing [ˈʌnˈsiːɪŋ] ADJ (fig) → ciego
he stared, unseeing, out of the window → miraba por la ventana, con la mirada perdida
to gaze at sth with unseeing eyes → mirar algo sin verlo
unseeing
adj (lit, fig) → blind; gaze → leer; to stare at somebody/something with unseeing eyes → jdn/etw mit leerem Blick anstarren


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The stillness of her head and features was remarkable: she might have been in a trance, her eyes open, yet unseeing.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
She sat on her porch gazing out with unseeing eyes upon the shining reaches of the mighty Mississippi, her thoughts steeped in her good fortune.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
Trent, with his suddenly pallid face and unseeing eyes, seemed a little out of place in such a scene of pleasure.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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