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adj. - (usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the conscious understanding of.

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Usage examples (36)
  • unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements
  • I know a Japanese woman whose name unbeknownst to her happened to be the same as that of a wanted member of the Japanese "Red Army".
  • How could Paulsons opinions and predilections about subprime RMBS have been "unbeknownst" to ACA at the time?
  • We popped on each seal-island "unbeknownst," and what we discovered we held our jaws on.
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