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Examples of sight unseen in a Sentence
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Even sight unseen, there’s a lot this project has going for it.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Instead, the court reviewed evidence alleging that the email appeared designed to either get employees to agree to new employment terms, sight unseen, or else push employees to volunteer for dismissal during a time of mass layoffs across Twitter.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 13 Aug. 2024
Zosia Mamet and Derry Girls star Saoirse-Monica Jackson are perfectly paired as Pampinea, a bossy 28-year-old so desperate to marry, she’s accepted a proposal from the villa’s owner sight unseen, and her weirdly loyal maid, Misia.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 25 July 2024
But a supporting character seems destined to be an inadvertent lightning rod, and there are calls to boycott the film, sight unseen.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1892, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near sight unseen
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“Sight unseen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sight%20unseen. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
sight unseen
adverb
: without inspection or estimate of worth
bought it sight unseen
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