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unsighted en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sighted English unsighted From un- + sighted.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not 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-comparable) Not furnished with a sight.
  3. (not-comparable) Without 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: