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unbeknown
[uhn-bi-nohn]
adjective
unknown; unperceived; without one's knowledge (usually followed byto ).
unbeknown
/ ˌʌԲɪˈəʊ /
adverb
Also (esp Brit): unbeknownst.without the knowledge (of a person)
unbeknown to him she had left the country
adjective
rarenot known (to)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of unbeknown1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of unbeknown1
Example Sentences
As he was walking up Water Street, he noticed the car that, unbeknown to him, others had tried to stop further up the road.
"My brother was driving his car for weeks upon weeks unbeknown to him that his body was slowly being poisoned with a very deadly silent killer."
A court later heard that, unbeknown to them, they were recorded as they sat in the back of a police car on the way to the custody suite.
But almost unbeknown to him, his inclusion within the England team had ramifications that travelled far beyond the pitch.
It was not something they had discussed but, unbeknown to them, Macauley had signed the organ donor register, twice.
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