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unsight

[ uhn-sahyt ]

/ ʌnˈsaɪt /

adjective

without inspection or examination: to buy a thing unsight, unseen.

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advocate

to give up possession or occupancy of.

to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly.

to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.

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Origin of unsight

1615–25; apparently un-¹ + sight, for expected unsighted

Words nearby unsight

unshifted, unship, unshipped, unshroud, unsicker, unsight, unsighted, unsightly, unsigned, unsinkable, unsized

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Example sentences from the Web for unsight

To each Nature whispers: "Unsight, unseen, hold fast what you have."
A Man's Value to Society|Newell Dwight Hillis
And you were willing to give up four days to carry my message through, 'unsight—unseen,' as we children used to say?
The Unspeakable Perk|Samuel Hopkins Adams
Had a contract ready for me to sign, and wanted me to drop you unsight and unseen, I wouldnt do it, but his offer is tempting.
Sudden Jim|Clarence Budington Kelland
You see, I traded my farm over in Vermont for five hundred acres o' this sheet lightnin', unsight an' unseen.
A Man for the Ages|Irving Bacheller

So each took one "unsight and unseen" aid made the more exact distributions among themselves later.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine

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