sight unseen
Without prior examination
Sight unseen means without seeing or examining something beforehand.
To buy something sight unseen is to purchase it without inspecting it first: They bought the house sight unseen based on photos.
The phrase emphasizes accepting risk or showing trust by committing before verification.
- unsightedUnable to perceive visually
- blind trustComplete unquestioning confidence
- blind faithTrust without requiring proof
- trust fallDeliberate backward collapse into waiting arms
- gambleStake on uncertain outcome
roll the dice · take a chance · unobserved · pig in a poke · mystery box · online auction · leap of faith · reliance · assumption · guesswork · as-is · no questions asked · entrustment · catalog · mail-order · venture · gut feeling · faith
visual inspection before commitment
sight unseenin person
Bodily present somewhere
eyes on · firsthand · hands-on · face-to-face · on-site
sight, unseen, oversight, sights, foresight, insightful, sighted, sighting, unsightly