sight unseen

adverb

: without inspection or appraisal

Examples of sight unseen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Expand All After a four-week journey to find love sight unseen, the newest season of Netflix’s ‘Love is Blind’ — featuring 30 men and women from Charlotte — has officially come to an end. Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024 Products that are purchased sight unseen have a higher likelihood of return. Zohar Gilad, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 Season 5 brings the pods to Houston as a new group of singles try to fall in love sight unseen. Ew Staff, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2023 But most people order their TVs online sight unseen at this point, so that won't help everyone. Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 14 July 2023 In 2015, Levin imported two military-spec G-Wagen cabriolets, sight unseen, and quickly discovered just how much work both needed to approach even a semblance of drivability. Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024 Fans will get to watch 30 singles from Charlotte, North Carolina, experience the highs and lows of finding love sight unseen and, hopefully, finding their forever partner in the end. Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024 The new owners were clearing out the unit after purchasing the contents sight unseen, sheriff’s officials told KCNC. Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024 This documentary should be one of the biggest sales of the festival — sight unseen, several studios and streamers were already planning to bid aggressively on this one — and seems to have serious awards potential. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sight unseen was in 1892

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“Sight unseen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sight%20unseen. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

sight unseen

adverb
: without inspection or estimate of worth
bought it sight unseen
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