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unbeknown

adverb
 
 
/ˌʌn.bɪˈnəʊn/ US  /-ˈnoʊn/ (also unbeknownst) formal

Definition

unbeknown/unbeknownst to sb without a particular person knowing: Unbeknown to me, he'd gone and rented out the apartment in my absence.Unaware
(Definition of unbeknown adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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