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unknown

  • adjective
  • ŭn-nōnʹ

Not known; unidentified; not well known.

Related words

  • unknome
  • unknownness
  • as yet unknown
  • parts unknown
  • as-yet-unknown
  • person unknown
  • unknown known
  • unknown number
  • unknown unknown
  • unknownly
  • unknown quantity

Example sentences

  • “The interstellar journey was filled with unknown dangers.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "unġecnāwen".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “unknown” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.