1Lacking the power of sight.

1. 1.1 Not seen.
   a distant unsighted object

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Brushtail possums, previously unsighted, were recorded in significant numbers.
   • Any enemy ship was unable to pass unsighted between any two of the German ships.
   • She said two of the remaining three, unsighted threatened species had not been spotted since 1965 while the other had gone undetected since 1891.
   • In the growing dark they were unsighted until close up.
   • Anyway, around four o'clock a new, previously unsighted older, white-haired woman came out of the kitchen.
2. 1.2 (especially in sports) prevented from having a clear view of something.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Ten minutes into the second half Emer Tansey shot through a crowd of players past the unsighted Kilmore keeper, to make it 3-0.
   • They were unlucky not to take lead after 10 minutes when Gavin Peavoy touched down but the referee being unsighted disallowed what appeared to be a good score.
   • Scott Walker's headed clearance found Hartley 20 yards out, and the former Hibs player atoned for his earlier penalty miss by sending a low volley past the unsighted Roy.
   • I can't blame the referee for that because he was unsighted but the assistant official was right by the side of it and obviously didn't see it.
   • Australian referee, Stuart Dickinson, was unsighted, however, and awarded France another penalty.
   • Carlisle levelled the scores 10 minutes later when the ball was pushed through a crowded circle past the partially unsighted goalie.
   • Traffic emerging from Bradford should then give way, which all except left - hand drive vehicles can do readily without being unsighted.
   • Initially, referee Fintan Barrett, who may have been unsighted, issued yellow cards all round but as Casey had already picked up one of these, his dismissal resulted.
   • Their hard working pack, typified by the endeavour of skipper Matt Atkinson who was playing out of position in the second row, had again been denied a score on the left because the referee was unsighted.
   • In the ‘keeper's defence, he may have been unsighted as the ball went through a United defender's legs.
   • Bolton then looked to have scored as they attacked the blind side from a scrum, the referee was however unsighted.
   • However, the referee was unsighted and disallowed the score but the indefatigable Ainslie peeled off a maul two minutes later to touch down next to the posts for Mitchell to convert.
   • An unsighted Chris Tuffy just could not get his body behind the ball and the visitors went 2-1 up rather fortuitously.
   • Their lad spun off the wall and the ball was driven through the gap leaving our keeper unsighted.
   • Liverpool failed to clear the ball and Carsley slotted it home past an unsighted Kirkland.
   • His effort only succeeded in deflecting the ball past the defender and subsequently into the corner of the net past the unsighted Stephen Kelly in the De La Salle goal.
   • The ‘keeper was slightly unsighted as it passed through the bodies crowding the area and the ball found its way into the far corner.
   • Gareth Gorman took the awarded free-kick, guiding the ball around the wall and into the bottom-left corner, past the unsighted David Moran.
   • Right from the outset, Kendal looked to have luck running with them when Longton had what appeared to be a perfectly good try disallowed in the ninth minute because the referee said he was unsighted.
   • Fielding scored a perfectly good try in the bottom left corner from a miss-move, set up by Viallie, but going down the short side the referee was unsighted and gave the pass forward.