Unknown Definition

ŭn-nōn
unknowns
adjective
Not known.
Webster's New World
Not identified, ascertained, or established.
Received flowers from an unknown admirer.
American Heritage
Not well known or widely known.
An unknown artist.
American Heritage
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noun
unknowns
That which is unknown.
Investigating the unknown.
American Heritage
Something that is not known.
This case has many unknowns.
American Heritage
An unknown person or thing.
Webster's New World
A person who is not well known, as to the general public.
Cast an unknown in the starring role.
American Heritage
An unknown mathematical quantity; also, a symbol for this.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Unknown

Noun

Singular:
unknown
Plural:
unknowns

Origin of Unknown

  • From un- +"Ž known, past participle of know. Cf. Old English ungecnawen.

    From Wiktionary

Unknown Sentence Examples

  • The immense, the unknown, enfolded me.

  • He was experiencing emotion completely unknown to him.

  • Good-bye, my dear fellow! and for some unknown reason tears suddenly filled his eyes.

  • Maybe it was the unknown that was so worrisome.

  • What theory and science is possible about a matter the conditions and circumstances of which are unknown and cannot be defined, especially when the strength of the acting forces cannot be ascertained?

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Words Starting With

UUNUNK

Words Ending With

NWNOWN

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With U7 Letter Words Ending With N