[
UK
/ʌnbɪnˈəʊn/
]
[ US /ˌənbiˈnoʊn, ˌənbɪˈnoʊn/ ]
[ US /ˌənbiˈnoʊn, ˌənbɪˈnoʊn/ ]
ADVERB
-
without someone's knowledge
unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements
ADJECTIVE
-
(usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the knowledge of
a crisis unbeknown to me
she had been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family
How To Use unbeknown In A Sentence
- When he returned home she said he continued to tinker with the bike but, unbeknown to her, he then went out on it.
- They even let people vote without identification - although, unbeknown to the voters, they then marked their ballots as invalid.
- With no bomb-shell of an October surprise namely a tape coming from Osama bin Laden as was done in the 2004 presidential campaign; a self-inflicted November surprise came about today when Sarah Palin took an active part in a prank phone call unbeknownst to her. Sarah Palin and the prank call: The GOP's self-inflicted November surprise
- Unbeknown to me, he'd gone and rented out the apartment in my absence.
- That's why I got you here unbeknown to anyone in the village. MOONDROP TO MURDER
- Unbeknown to Garay, his passenger was armed with a rifle with a telescopic lens.
- I am appalled that children can mount up debts unbeknown to their parents.
- And when I wasn't playing it, it was replaying itself in my head - unbidden and sometimes almost unbeknownst.
- Perhaps unbeknown to you, the first lady has been churning out a weekly column since July 30 of last year.
- But unbeknown to the Japanese, Soviet leader Josef Stalin had promised Washington and London that he would attack Japanese forces within three months of Germany's defeat.