Meanings
present singular third person unblinds · participle present unblinding · participle past unblinded · past unblinded
- figurativelysometimesTo free from blindness.
- transitivecomputingTo convert (a blind signature) back to the unblinded state (as opposed to the blinded state).
- 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.
comparative more unblind · superlative most unblind
- Not blind.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishblind
- Englishunblind
Cite this entry
unblind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblind
“unblind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblind. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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