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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

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

From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Adams, John Wolcott

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)

If you want to bid unsight unseen, name your figure.”

From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen