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

See Examples For:

unsight

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

From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2016

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 F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson

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 James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

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 John Wolcott Adams

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---