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unknown
adjective
noun
Not known
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ʌnˈnəʊn
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adjective
Not known
“An unknown amount”
adjective
Being or having an unknown or unnamed source
“A poem by an unknown author”
adjective
Not known to exist
“Things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths”
adjective
Not famous or acclaimed
“An obscure family”
adjective
Not known before
“Used many strange words”
noun
An unknown and unexplored region
“They came like angels out of the unknown”
noun
Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
noun
A variable whose values are solutions of an equation
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An unknown amount
An unknown island
An unknown writer
An unknown source
A poem by an unknown author
Corporations responsible to nameless owners
An unnamed donor
Things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths
An obscure family
Unsung heroes of the war
Used many strange words
Saw many strange faces in the crowd
Don't let anyone unknown into the house
They came like angels out of the unknown
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