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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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   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.

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   not widely known; not famous; obscure: an unknown writer. noun. a thing, influence, area, factor, or person that is unknown: the many unknowns in modern medicine; The director cast an unknown in the leading role.

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   1. Of a fact, piece of information, etc.: not known; that has not been learnt, ascertained, or comprehended; not identified or established as fact or truth. Cf. know v. III. 1.a. Old English–. attributive and in predicative use. Also with by, to, etc., specifying the person or group to whom the fact or information is not known.