Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unsee
Participle: unseed
Gerund: unseeing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | unsee |
| you | unsee |
| he;she;it | unsees |
| we | unsee |
| you | unsee |
| they | unsee |
Perfect
| I | have unseed |
| you | have unseed |
| he;she;it | has unseed |
| we | have unseed |
| you | have unseed |
| they | have unseed |
Past
| I | unseed |
| you | unseed |
| he;she;it | unseed |
| we | unseed |
| you | unseed |
| they | unseed |
Pluperfect
| I | had unseed |
| you | had unseed |
| he;she;it | had unseed |
| we | had unseed |
| you | had unseed |
| they | had unseed |
Future
| I | will unsee |
| you | will unsee |
| he;she;it | will unsee |
| we | will unsee |
| you | will unsee |
| they | will unsee |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unseed |
| you | will have unseed |
| he;she;it | will have unseed |
| we | will have unseed |
| you | will have unseed |
| they | will have unseed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unsee |
| you | unsee |
| he;she;it | unsee |
| we | unsee |
| you | unsee |
| they | unsee |
Perfect
| I | have unseed |
| you | have unseed |
| he;she;it | have unseed |
| we | have unseed |
| you | have unseed |
| they | have unseed |
Imperfect
| I | unseed |
| you | unseed |
| he;she;it | unseed |
| we | unseed |
| you | unseed |
| they | unseed |
Pluperfect
| I | had unseed |
| you | had unseed |
| he;she;it | had unseed |
| we | had unseed |
| you | had unseed |
| they | had unseed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unsee |
| you | would unsee |
| he;she;it | would unsee |
| we | would unsee |
| you | would unsee |
| they | would unsee |
Perfect
| I | would have unseed |
| you | would have unseed |
| he;she;it | would have unseed |
| we | would have unseed |
| you | would have unseed |
| they | would have unseed |
Imperative
| you | unsee |
| we | Let's unsee |
| you | unsee |
Verbs conjugated like 'unsee'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unsee'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From un- + see. Compare Middle English unseen, unsen (“to fail to see, be unable to see”).
Verbs referencing "unsee"
Portuguese
desver.
Sample Sentences
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We have shown the world, and it cannot be unseen, it cannot be unknown, it cannot be forgotten, that Christianity cannot be defended on any ground where Infidelity can get an inch of fair play against it. [1829, Robert Taylor, “Infidel Mission.—Fifteenth Bulletin”, in The Lion, volume IV, number 10, page 304:]
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I have only seen the performance once; and I would not unsee it again if I could; but none the less I am a broken man after it. [1897 March 20, George Bernard Shaw, "Shakespeare in Manchester", printed in 1906, Dramatic Opinions and Essays with an Apology by Bernard Shaw, Volume 2, Brentano's (1922), page 215]
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once you’ve seen this you bear always the burden of its sight. And, as Laura says, you can’t unsee it. [1969, Joseph McElroy, Hind's Kidnap, page 180:]
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Once you saw the face of a god in those jumbled blacks and whites, it was everybody out of the pool—you could never unsee it. [1977, Stephen King, The Shining:]
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Once one has “seen” the well-known gestalt psychology drawing of the young woman in a fur coat, she cannot be “unseen” after one notices the alternative, an old crone [1991, E. Roy Weintraub, Stabilizing Dynamics, page 94:]
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USA Today called it an “erotic workout video.” Mika Brzezinski, the co-host of “Morning Joe,” declared that she could not “unsee” it. [2026 February 20, Katie Rogers, “Bench Presses, Pull Ups … Kid Rock? The White House Had a Very Manly Week.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]