unbeknown to

phrase

chiefly British

: without being known about by (someone)

Unbeknown to the students, the teacher had entered the room.

Examples of unbeknown to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But starting in 2022, unbeknown to the school administration, Misczak set up an alternative payment method through PayPal so parents could use their cards again, according to the indictment and a civil suit filed by KinderHaus against Misczak in December. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026

The two men got separated and unbeknown to Lord Dacres the second man killed someone while resisting arrest. — John Annese, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026

Their fears that Russia drafted large swathes of the document unbeknown to them were proved right. — Natalia Drozdiak, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025

Lupe also filmed her part in the series through the first five months of her pregnancy, unbeknown to Bell and the rest of the production. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for unbeknown to

• hullabaloo
• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup