sight unseen en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- sīt′-ŭn-sēn
Etymology
Absolute construction reportedly first attested 1892.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Not having seen the object beforehand.
More than $300 million worth of condominiums were sold in the new Time Warner complex sight unseen while the building was still under construction.
2005 August 2, Michiko Kakutani, “They'll Take Manhattan, for a Million or More”, in The New York Times, retrieved 01 Sep 2008:When she wrote, asking me to take charge of her house while she went to Europe, I gladly consented, sight unseen.
1902, Myrtle Reed, chapter 5, in Lavender and Old Lace:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unsight unseen | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (9)
pl bez oglądania (not seen beforehand) · fi näkemätön (not seen beforehand) · pl w ciemno (not seen beforehand) · it a scatola chiusa (not seen beforehand) · sv osedd (not seen beforehand) · fr les yeux fermés (not seen beforehand) · nb usett (not seen beforehand) · nn usett (not seen beforehand) · hu látatlanban (not seen beforehand)