unsight

[ uhn-sahyt ]

/ ʌnˈsaɪt /

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

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In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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

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
Unsighted, un-sī′ted, adj. not seen—earlier Unsight′: not furnished with a sight.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
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