unbeknown to
idiom
chiefly British
: without being known about by (someone)
Unbeknown to the students, the teacher had entered the room.
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La'An, meanwhile, starts to exhibit the dictatorial traits of the warmongering Romulans, who — unbeknown to most of the Federation — split off from the Vulcans to go their own way a few millennia previously.
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Contest organizers purportedly gave her a designer bag that, unbeknown to her, was lined with drugs and flagged by airport security, according to Tim Hunt.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
However, one morning, Jesse decided to sleep in a little longer, unbeknown to poor Gnocchi.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Swift and her dancers are literally playing chess at one point, unbeknown to anyone in the audience except maybe the most attentive — and high-up — attendees.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Contest organizers purportedly gave her a designer bag that, unbeknown to her, was lined with drugs and flagged by airport security, according to Tim Hunt.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
However, one morning, Jesse decided to sleep in a little longer, unbeknown to poor Gnocchi.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Swift and her dancers are literally playing chess at one point, unbeknown to anyone in the audience except maybe the most attentive — and high-up — attendees.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Unbeknown to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbeknown%20to. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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