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Unknown   /ənnˈoʊn/   Listen
Unknown

adjective
1.
Not known.  "An unknown island" , "An unknown writer" , "An unknown source"
2.
Being or having an unknown or unnamed source.  Synonyms: nameless, unidentified, unnamed.  "Corporations responsible to nameless owners" , "An unnamed donor"
3.
Not known to exist.
4.
Not famous or acclaimed.  Synonyms: obscure, unsung.  "Unsung heroes of the war"
5.
Not known before.  Synonym: strange.  "Saw many strange faces in the crowd" , "Don't let anyone unknown into the house"
noun
1.
An unknown and unexplored region.  Synonyms: terra incognita, unknown region.
2.
Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found.  Synonyms: alien, stranger.
3.
A variable whose values are solutions of an equation.  Synonym: unknown quantity.



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"Unknown" Quotes from Famous Books



... intercession, Mr. Hazen stayed on. In fact, as Mr. Clarence said, they could deny the lad nothing. It seemed as if the Fernalds never could do enough for him. Grandfather Fernald gave him a new watch with an illuminated face; and quite unknown to any one, Laurie's father opened a bank account to his credit, depositing a substantial sum as ...
— Ted and the Telephone • Sara Ware Bassett
... of lines are wavy lines because the sheets of wind are undulating. In this connection I might repeat once more that the straight line seems to be quite unknown in Nature, as also is uniformity of motion. I once watched very carefully a ferry cable strung across the bottom of a mighty river, and, failing to discover any theoretical reason for its vibratory motion, I was thrown back upon proving to ...
— Over Prairie Trails • Frederick Philip Grove
... earthly, unknown gods, To whom I yield no homage. Of love's bond, By which thou dost conjure me, I know naught Nor ever will I know his empty service. Defend thy life, for death ...
— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller
... among the great company of mountains. A brooding desolation had settled on it at close of day, and all the laughter and light footsteps and gayly ringing voices of the young folk could not dispel the feeling of being adrift in a tiny shell on the black waters of some unknown sea; or thus it seemed to the stranger within ...
— Judith Of The Plains • Marie Manning
... halloo to the garrison. He had nothing on his wasted and bleeding body, which was all torn by briers and brushwood, except a cloth about his loins, and he was afraid of being mistaken and shot for an Indian. He waited till nightfall and then crept to the station, where his presence was unknown till a young man of his acquaintance caught sight of his face in the firelight, and called out, "Here ...
— Stories Of Ohio - 1897 • William Dean Howells


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