un|see´ing|ly

un|see´ing|ly
un|see|ing «uhn SEE ihng», adjective.
1. not perceiving; unobservant: »

We drive to work along a familiar route unseeing and lost in thought (Scientific American).

2. = blind. (Cf.blind)
un|see´ing|ly, adverb.

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