unknown to
idiom
: without being known about by (someone)
Unknown to me, my partner was organizing a surprise party for my birthday.
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Adeliia Petrosian, 18, was unknown to many heading into the Olympics.
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Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
An array of charts buried in the fine print of the state budget, unknown to all but a few fiscal nerds, details what California has collected in revenues and spent over the last half-century.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
The suspect, unknown to authorities and not from the area, was intercepted by officers before reaching the building.
—Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
After all, the Fifth Republic was being led at the time by François Mitterrand, whose right-wing activity as a youth remained unknown to the general public until the following decade.
—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
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Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
An array of charts buried in the fine print of the state budget, unknown to all but a few fiscal nerds, details what California has collected in revenues and spent over the last half-century.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
The suspect, unknown to authorities and not from the area, was intercepted by officers before reaching the building.
—Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
After all, the Fifth Republic was being led at the time by François Mitterrand, whose right-wing activity as a youth remained unknown to the general public until the following decade.
—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Unknown to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unknown%20to. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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