unsighted

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adjective

Not sighted; unseen.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveunsighted (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot sighted; unseen.

    With all the wealth, the enhanced comfort and emancipation, the goal is still unneared, and we may say even unsighted.

    1876, Charles De Berard Mills, The Indian Saint, Or, Buddha and Buddhism, page 171
  2. not comparableengineeringNot furnished with a sight.
  3. not comparableWithout the sense of sight; blind.

    Life for an unsighted person can be as interesting and challenging as for anyone else.

    2002, Margaret S. Tuller, The "Sweet" Uses of Adversity, page 262

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishsighted
  9. Englishunsighted

From un- + sighted.

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APA

unsighted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsighted

MLA

“unsighted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsighted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsighted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsighted.

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