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Unknown

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obscureverbDifficult to understand; abstruse.
transcendentnounSurpassing usual limits.
strangenounNot normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
ingloriousIgnominious; disgraceful.
unfamiliarnounStrange, not familiar.
unsungWhich has not been lauded or appreciated.
dishonorableWithout honor, or causing dishonor.
terra incognitanounLand that has never been explored or mapped; uncharted territory.
unknown quantitynoun(idiomatic) A person or thing whose nature or value is a mystery.
chartlessNot mapped; uncharted; vague.
strangernounA person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
unchartednot surveyed or mapped
namelessnounNot having a name.
unidentifiedNot identified; having an unknown or unnamed identity.
unknowablenounNot knowable; not able to be known.
unnamedNot having a name.
undiscoveredThat has not been discovered; unknown, unexplored.
unheard-ofPreviously unknown; unprecedented.
unsuspectedNot suspected; not having raised suspicion.
unexploredWhich has not been explored.
undiagnosed(of a disease or condition) That had not been diagnosed.
unmappedNot mapped; uncharted; unknown.
unknown regionnounan unknown and unexplored region
aliennounA citizen or national of another sovereign state.
anonymousnoun(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.

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WordDefinition
knownnounAccepted, familiar, researched.

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WordDefinition
unidentifiedNot identified; having an unknown or unnamed identity.
unknown quantitynoun(idiomatic) A person or thing whose nature or value is a mystery.
anonymousnoun(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.
unfamiliarStrange, not familiar.
unheard-ofPreviously unknown; unprecedented.
undiagnosed(of a disease or condition) That had not been diagnosed.
unknowableNot knowable; not able to be known.
unsungWhich has not been lauded or appreciated.
unbeknownst(followed by to) Without the knowledge of.
undiscoveredThat has not been discovered; unknown, unexplored.
terra incognitanounLand that has never been explored or mapped; uncharted territory.
namelessNot having a name.
unchartednot surveyed or mapped
unsuspectedNot suspected; not having raised suspicion.
unexploredWhich has not been explored.
unbeknownNot beknown.
unnamedNot having a name.
strangernounA person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
unmappedNot mapped; uncharted; unknown.
chartlessNot mapped; uncharted; vague.

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