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
Amor	-	Roman Mythology, Late Roman, Spanish, Portuguese
Shaw (2)	SHAW	Scottish
Ethan	['i:θən]
Jozef	YO-zəf (Dutch)	Slovak, Dutch
Geena	JEE-nə	English (Rare)
Abital	AB-i-tal (English)	Biblical