Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsight

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-sight
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Absence of sight; lack of vision

Uncountable

verb

To remove the sight of or from

Transitive verb

verb

To lose sight on a target

Example Sentences

"He tries to correct this unsight in the second stanza, asking a series of speculative (and rhetorical) questions about his cousin's life."
"[...] as dame in her dwelling, whereby I may picture her there; And in vain do I urge my unsight To conceive my lost prize At her close, whom I knew when her dreams were upbrimming with light, And with laughter her eyes."
"Her robes shimmered with wards of unsight stitched in electrum thread."
"The veil thus marks out the objects of both sexual and metaphysical desire as 'Scheingestalten'. A similar veil unsights the lover's gaze in Angelika as he perceives her 'wie durch einen Schleier' (S 1 116)."
"Just jeep as the Sten magazine emptied there came a single shot from the far end of the lane and in the same instant a bullet cracked over Butler's head.The jeep swung sharply to the right, unsighting him."

Etymology

From un- (“absence of”) + sight.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Inflected Forms

unsights (present, singular) unsighting (participle, present) unsighted (participle, past) unsighted (past)

Phrases

unsight unseen

Frequently Paired Words

unsight unseen

Questions

What does unsight mean?: Absence of sight; lack of vision
Where does unsight come from?: From un- (“absence of”) + sight.

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