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unsight

American  
[uhn-sahyt] / ʌnˈsaɪt /

adjective

  1. without inspection or examination.

    to buy a thing unsight, unseen.


Etymology

Origin of unsight

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

Example Sentences

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He relies on the cover of the wall to calibrate his kicks and unsight the keeper.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2016

He relies on the cover of the wall to calibrate his kicks and unsight the keeper.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2016

It's up to you to see that we pass down this vale of tears, unsight an' unsung, as the poet says, or off comes your hind legs.

From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

She took every thing from her Sister at what Price she pleased, unsight unseen, and bought the Pig in the Poke.

From The True Life of Betty Ireland With Her Birth, Education, and Adventures. Together with Some Account of Her Elder Sister Blanch of Britain. Containing Sundry Very Curious Particulars by Anonymous

I told him about Aunt 'Melie, and how I'd bought the place unsight and unseen.

From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)

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