Unsighted (Adjective)
Meaning
Unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- She was an unsighted artist whose vibrant paintings conveyed the depth of her inner world through color and texture.
- Before losing her vision, the unsighted pianist had learned music primarily by ear, which turned out to be a valuable skill in her subsequent career.
- Born unsighted due to a rare genetic condition, the young girl developed a remarkable talent for reading and writing Braille at a remarkably young age.
- Due to her accident, she was left unsighted but discovered that technology had greatly advanced and that it allowed her to adapt relatively easily.
- Years after his eyesight had been taken away in the war, the veteran adapted remarkably well as an unsighted farmer.