little-known
little-known adjective: not known about by many people.
Adjective
little-known (comparative less-known or lesser-known or littler-known, superlative least-known or littlest-known)
- Not known about by many people.
- The Misses Marie Deutsch and Ann Solomon are vacationing in that littlest-known part of the world—New York—and believing in the slogan of “See America First,” they started their vacation by visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art....1927 September 15, “Vacations: Some Folks Are Away Now and Some Have Just Come Back”, in Albert Deane, editor, Pep-O-Grams, volume 3, number 11, New York, N.Y.: Paramount-Pep Club, page seven, column...
- She turned out a script that was a masterpiece of its kind. On her advice, Rowland engaged a little-known director, Rex Ingram, and an even less-known actor, Rudolph Valentino, to star in it.1943, Deems Taylor, “The Twenties”, in A Pictorial History of the Movies, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, page 116, column 2
- Antonyms:
- well-known
Examples of little-known in a sentence
- Some little-known lines belonging to the State exist in the extreme south-west corner of Western Australia, to serve the timber country.1951 Februry, K. Westcott Jones, “Some Australian Railway Byways”, in Railway Magazine, page 117:
- The mayoral race between a little-known congressman and an even less-known businessman threatened to polarize race relations across the country.1983, Michael Barone, Grant Ujifusa, “Illinois”, in The Almanac of American Politics 1984: […], Washington, D.C.: National Journal, →ISBN...
- “By Omar Duvall, a little-known sonnet by a littler-known poet.”1995, Mary McGarry Morris, Songs in Ordinary Time, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 70:
- She is marginal even in relation to the marginal: the little-known avant-garde writer’s even lesser-known wife.2011, Ruth Hemus, “The Manifesto of Céline Arnauld”, in Elza Adamowicz, Eric Robertson, editors, Dada and Beyond, Volume 1: Dada...
Antonyms of little-known
Forms of little-known
| comparative | less-known |
|---|---|
| comparative | lesser-known |
| comparative | littler-known |
| superlative | least-known |
| superlative | littlest-known |
| alternative form | little known |
Questions about little-known
- What does little-known mean?
- Little-known means not known about by many people.
- How do you use little-known in a sentence?
- Some little-known lines belonging to the State exist in the extreme south-west corner of Western Australia, to serve the timber country.
- What part of speech is little-known?
- Little-known is an adjective.
Words near little-known in the dictionary
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