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
Erle (2)	URL	English
Euadne	-	Greek Mythology
Valentina	vah-len-TEE-nah (Italian), vah-lyen-TEE-nah (Russian), vah-leen-TEE-nah (Russian)	Italian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
İSmaİL	-	Turkish
Hermenegildo	-	Spanish, Portuguese
YasemİN	yah-se-MEEN	Turkish