unsight

[ uhn-sahyt ]

adjective

1. without inspection or examination:

   to buy a thing unsight, unseen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unsight¹

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

Example Sentences

So each took one "unsight and unseen" aid made the more exact distributions among themselves later.

From Project Gutenberg

Unsighted, un-sī′ted, adj. not seen—earlier Unsight′: not furnished with a sight.

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And you were willing to give up four days to carry my message through, 'unsight—unseen,' as we children used to say?

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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.

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You see, I traded my farm over in Vermont for five hundred acres o' this sheet lightnin', unsight an' unseen.

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