unknown

Definition

  • noun: a place, situation, or thing that you do not know about or understand
  • noun: one that is not known or not well-known
  • adjective: not known
  • adjective: not known or not well-known
  • synonyms: unascertained, hidden, unbeknown

Examples

  • If you've never been published before, you're an 'unknown quantity', so you're going to have difficulty selling your first novel.

  • ('chiefly US') The 'big unknown' [=the important thing that everyone would like to know] is how investors will react.

  • A 'fear of the unknown' kept her from changing jobs.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) is astounding. Have these individuals through their suffering unlocked the potential of the brain? Is this the ultimate doorway to all things we called unknown? Is this where our sense of the supernatural comes from? It's about depth and a.. and curves. And, hey, you see that one? (..)
    2016 Split