unsight

unsight noun: absence of sight; lack of vision.

Noun

unsight (uncountable)

Absence of sight; lack of vision
- He tries to correct this unsight in the second stanza, asking a series of speculative (and rhetorical) questions about his cousin's life.2012, Gregory Tate, The Poet's Mind: The Psychology of Victorian Poetry 1830-1870
- [...] 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.2013, Dr Rosemarie Morgan, The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy - Page 405

unsight (third-person singular simple present unsights, present participle unsighting, simple past and past participle unsighted)

(rare, transitive) To remove the sight of or from
- 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).1996, Andrew J. Webber, The Doppelgänger - Page 297
To lose sight on a target
- 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.2012, Anthony Price, The '44 Vintage

third-person singular present	unsights
present participle	unsighting
past participle	unsighted
past	unsighted

From un- (“absence of”) + sight.

From un- + sight.

What does unsight mean?: Unsight means absence of sight; lack of vision.
What part of speech is unsight?: Unsight can be a noun or a verb.

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