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   Un·known

   /ˌənˈnōn/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not known or familiar: "exploration into unknown territory" Similar undisclosedunrevealedundivulgeduntoldunspecifiedsecretmysteriousdarkhiddenconcealedundeterminedundecidedunresolvedunfixedunestablishedunsettledunsurependingunascertainedundefinedindefiniteinconclusivein the balancein limboup in the airunexploredunchartedunmappeduntraveledundiscoveredvirginremoteexoticoutlandishunidentifiedunnamednamelessanonymousundesignatedincognitomysteriousrare:innominateunfamiliarunheard ofunprecedentednewnovelstrangeexoticobscureunheard oflittle knownunsungminorinsignificantunimportantundistinguishedunrenownedinconsequentiallowlyunhonoredforgottenOpposite knowndecidedfamiliarwell traveledidentifiednamedfamiliarfamouscelebrated
   • ▪ (of a performer or artist) not well known or famous: "unknown artists of the avant-garde"

   noun

   • 1. an unknown person or thing: "she is a relative unknown"
   • ▪ that which is unknown: "our fear of the unknown"
   • ▪ an unknown quantity or variable: "find the unknown in the following equations"

   Derivatives

   • 1. unknownness noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › unknownUnknown Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of UNKNOWN is not known or not well-known; also : having an unknown value. How to use unknown in a sentence.

3. www.dictionary.com › browse › unknownUNKNOWN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar. not discovered, explored, identified, or ascertained: the unknown parts of Antarctica. not widely known; not famous; obscure: an unknown writer.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishUNKNOWN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a person, especially a performer or sports player, who is not famous: For her latest film she deliberately chose a cast of unknowns. [ C ] mainly US. something that cannot be guessed at or calculated because so little is known about it: It's the big unknowns that make insurance companies uneasy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

5. www.thesaurus.com › browse › unknown52 Synonyms & Antonyms for UNKNOWN | Thesaurus.com

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   Find 52 different ways to say UNKNOWN, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryUNKNOWN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   unknown. noun. us / ʌnˈnoʊn / uk / ʌnˈnəʊn /. C1 [ S ] what is not familiar or known: Racism is in some ways just a fear of the unknown. [ C ] a person, especially a performer or sports player, who is not famous: For her latest film she deliberately chose a cast of unknowns.

7. www.imdb.com › title › tt1401152Unknown (2011) - IMDb

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   Feb 18, 2011 · Unknown: Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. With Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn. When a man awakens from a coma only to discover that someone has taken on his identity, he teams up with a young woman to prove who he is.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › unknownUnknown - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   If something is unknown, it's not familiar understood, like the unknown path through the woods you've never explored or your brother's unknown reasons for staying late after school.

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryUNKNOWN definition in American English | Collins English...

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   An unknown person is someone whose name you do not know or whose character you do not know anything about.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishUNKNOWN | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    unknown. noun. uk / ʌnˈnəʊn / us. the unknown. things that you have not experienced and know nothing about: It's normal to fear the unknown. [ C ] someone who is not famous: The game was won by a complete unknown.

11. www.oed.com › dictionary › unknown_adjunknown, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

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    A person about whom nothing is known; an unknown person. Also with the and plural agreement: unknown people as a class.