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unforeseeing

unforeseeing adjective: not foreseeing; without foresight.

Adjective

unforeseeing (comparative more unforeseeing, superlative most unforeseeing)

  1. Not foreseeing; without foresight.
    • And then he seemed to discern in her something that was familiar, something which carried him back into a joyous and unforeseeing past, before the necessity of taking thought had made the heavens gray.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC
    • It was that spirit sent Oliver Cromwell himself packing for America, though a heedless and ill-advised and unforeseeing King would not let him go.1914, H. G. Wells, An Englishman Looks at the World

Forms of unforeseeing

comparativemore unforeseeing
superlativemost unforeseeing

Origin of unforeseeing

From un- + foreseeing.

Questions about unforeseeing

What does unforeseeing mean?
Unforeseeing means not foreseeing; without foresight.
What part of speech is unforeseeing?
Unforeseeing is an adjective.

Words near unforeseeing in the dictionary

  1. unforeseeability
  2. unforeseeable
  3. unforeseeableness
  4. unforeseeables
  5. unforeseeably
  6. unforeseeing
  7. unforeseeingly
  8. unforeseen
  9. unforeseenly
  10. unforeseenness
  11. unforeseens

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