afterseen

comparative more afterseen · superlative most afterseen

1. Seen after the fact.

   But this is not a foreseen design; it is an afterseen design.

   1971, Harold Fisch, Hamlet and the Word: the covenant pattern in Shakespeare

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   All inventions, once achieved, are obvious after one understands the field, and such "afterseen" obviousness does not blight patentability if inventor really has something new.

   2001, United States, West Publishing Company, Edward Thompson Company, United States code annotated

1. participlepastpast participle of aftersee