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   unknown

   /ʌnˈnəʊn/

   adjective

   • 1. not known or familiar: "exploration into unknown territory" Similar undisclosedunrevealedundivulgeduntoldunspecifiedsecretmysteriousdarkhiddenconcealedundeterminedundecidedunresolvedunfixedunestablishedunsettledunsurependingunascertainedundefinedindefiniteinconclusivein the balancein limboup in the airunexploredunchartedunmappeduntravelledundiscoveredvirginremoteexoticoutlandishunidentifiedunnamednamelessanonymousundesignatedincognitomysteriousrare:innominateunfamiliarunheard ofunprecedentednewnovelstrangeexoticobscureunheard oflittle knownunsungminorinsignificantunimportantundistinguishedunrenownedinconsequentiallowlyunhonouredforgottenOpposite knowndecidedfamiliarwell travelledidentifiednamedfamiliarfamouscelebrated
   • ▪ (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

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • K

     5

   • N

     1

   • O

     1

   • W

     4

   • N

     1

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