sight unseen

without seeing or examining something first He purchased the Longfellow manuscript sight unseen from a collector in Houston.

sight unseen

Without having viewed the object in question, as in He bought the horse sight unseen. This seeming oxymoron-how can a sight, which means something seen, be not seen?-dates from the late 1800s.

sight unseen

Without seeing the object in question: bought the horse sight unseen.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yelena	ye-LYE-nah, ee-LYE-nah	Russian
Tero	TE-ro	Finnish
Ed	[ed]
Idwal	-	Welsh
UrtĖ	-	Lithuanian
Mike	[maik]