unblind

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verb

To free from blindness.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbunblind (third-person singular simple present unblinds, present participle unblinding, simple past and past participle unblinded)

present singular third person unblinds · participle present unblinding · participle past unblinded · past unblinded

  1. figurativelysometimesTo free from blindness.
  2. businessTo remove the secrecy from (a bid).
  3. transitivecomputingTo convert (a blind signature) back to the unblinded state (as opposed to the blinded state).
  4. To cause (experimenters) to learn information which, for the purposes of avoiding bias, was previously unknown to them, or should be unknown to them, such as the knowledge of which patients received a drug and which a placebo.
adjectiveunblind (comparative more unblind, superlative most unblind)

comparative more unblind · superlative most unblind

  1. Not blind.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishblind
  9. Englishunblind

From un- + blind.

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APA

unblind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblind

MLA

“unblind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblind. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unblind,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblind.

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