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Recent Examples of unfamous To know all the actors, famous to unfamous. Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022 But during this break in the action, a camera scanning courtside spotted Kobe, pleasantly inhabited by an almost unfamous happiness, teaching his daughter about the game. Matt Sullivan, Vulture, 29 June 2021 And then Wickie becomes Dawn's perpetual houseguest — which is practically a whole other TV show about a celebrity crashing with unfamous people, a concept so obvious Harry Styles already produced a failed TV series about it. Darren Franich, EW.com, 3 May 2021 Of course, many other singers famous and unfamous have struggled with the anthem’s vast dynamics, dizzying melodies and inherent pressure involved with performing the piece. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 25 Feb. 2021 Today, however, the unfamous are experimenting too. Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2020 The point is the music’s pulse, its pep, and more than anything, the way it has been consumed: by unfamous people doing goofy routines. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020 But don't forget that your unfamous neighbor is struggling too. Jessica A. Gold, SELF, 3 Aug. 2018
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Adjective
  • In a day of turmoil for the nation off southern Africa’s coast, the 51-year-old leader, whose whereabouts are unknown, earlier sought to dissolve the lower house by decree.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Per The New York Post, the spacious 21,000-square-foot Olympia Fields estate was sold to an unknown buyer, but the history behind the home may have had much to do with its purchase.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And yet, as the 2008 financial crisis showed, trouble on Main Street can start in obscure corners of Wall Street.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Sasagawa searched YouTube for old and obscure emo bands, and came across a 2012 upload of Everyone Asked About You’s vinyl album.
    David Hill, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Unfamous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfamous. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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