English

Alternative forms

• unsight unseen (dated)

Adjective

sight unseen ‎(not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Not having seen the object beforehand.
   • 1902, Myrtle Reed, Lavender and Old Lace, ch. 5:

     When she wrote, asking me to take charge of her house while she went to Europe, I gladly consented, sight unseen.

   • 2005 Aug. 2, Michiko Kakutani, "They'll Take Manhattan, for a Million or More," New York Times (retrieved 1 Sep. 2008):

     More than $300 million worth of condominiums were sold in the new Time Warner complex sight unseen while the building was still under construction.

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See also

• pig in a poke