unknown
adjective /ʌnˈnəʊn/
/-ˈnoʊn/ Definition
B1 not known or familiar: The exact number of people carrying the virus is unknown. As recently as six months ago her name was almost unknown in Britain. Unknown to me, she'd organized a party for my birthday.Unknown and unfamiliar
(Definition of unknown adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a pig in a poke idiom
- alien adjective
- foreign adjective
- lesser-known adjective
- murky/uncharted waters idiom
- obscure adjective (NOT KNOWN)
- obscurity noun (NOT KNOWN)
- shadowy adjective
- strange adjective (NOT FAMILIAR)
- strangeness noun (NOT FAMILIAR)
- terra incognita noun
- the outside world idiom
- uncommon adjective (NOT FREQUENT)
- unexplored adjective (PLACE)
- unexplored adjective (PLAN)
- unfamiliar adjective
- unheard-of adjective
- unknown noun
- unsung adjective
- unused adjective (NOT FAMILIAR)
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