the unknown

noun

: a place, situation, or thing that is not known about or understood

explorers venturing off into the unknown

: a situation that one is unfamiliar with

A fear of the unknown kept her from changing jobs.

Examples of the unknown in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While fear comes from the unknown, nerves, or what Anna describes as ‘nervous butterflies,’ are a sign of caring. —Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024

Despite efforts to identify the unknown woman, deputies said her identity would remain a mystery, and she was eventually buried at the county’s cemetery. —Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024

In others, the unknown names and faces behind viral moments appear in the flesh. —Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 May 2024

The shots missed the unknown male but hit the officer standing yards away. —Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2024

But rarely — on the order of once every 10,000 trillion hits, if light dark matter exists — the electron will instead interact with the nucleus via the unknown dark force to produce light dark matter, significantly draining the electron’s energy. —Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 7 May 2024

The feeling of the unknown — and the way the imagination can swirl with what could be — is electrifying. —Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024

But the unknown about what Paris will be like during the Games isn’t necessarily a bad thing. —Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024

Luckily for the unknown reader who checked out the book, the library stopped enforcing overdue materials fines in November 2020. —Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024