ungazed

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not looked at or regarded, usually followed by at or upon; literary

   The paintings remained ungazed upon in a rarely visited corridor.

Formed from un- ('not') + gazed, the past participle of gaze. Gaze entered Middle English with the sense 'look steadily'; its earlier origin is uncertain and is often associated with Scandinavian forms. Ungazed survives chiefly in literary phrases such as ungazed at or ungazed upon.

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