naked eye

Idioms and Phrases

Sight unassisted by an instrument such as a microscope or telescope. For example, These insects are too small to be seen with the naked eye . This expression was first recorded in 1664.

Example Sentences

Some of the effects of the economic crunch were apparent to the naked eye at Art Basel.

From The Daily Beast

The exaggerated reflection suddenly revealed that my pores were hardly as infinitesimal as my naked eye had led me to believe.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, to the naked eye, stocks are stunningly cheap—Wall Street blue chips selling at Wal-Mart prices.

From The Daily Beast

Remnants of food from previous meals can be detected with the naked eye or microscopically.

From Project Gutenberg

We were constantly so near Terra del Fuego that we could make out every bush with the naked eye.

From Project Gutenberg

The naked eye can see at best in the part of the heavens visible from any one point not more than thirty thousand stars.

From Project Gutenberg

But all around these star-clouds, or Nebulae as they are called, the clear blue sky is discovered by the naked eye.

From Project Gutenberg

In that year a parhelion appeared undistinguishable by the naked eye from the real sun.

From Project Gutenberg