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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

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

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

He knew that when he should embark on his attempt to enlist considerable capital in an "unsight unseen" investment, he would have to be well supplied with statistics.

From The Blazed Trail by White, Stewart Edward

Abe Lincoln laughed and said: "Mary would be like the man who traded horses unsight and unseem and drew a saw horse."

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