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unknown Definition

• (a) not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"
• (n) an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown"
• (n) anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
• (n) a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
• (s) being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor"
• (s) not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from unsuspected depths in her"- Edith Wharton
• (s) not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"
• (s) not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don''t let anyone unknown into the house"

unknown Synonyms

• alien
• nameless
• obscure
• strange
• stranger
• terra incognita
• unidentified
• unknown
• unknown quantity
• unknown region
• unnamed
• unsung