unbeknownst
/ˌʌnbɪˈnoʊnst/
unbeknownst adjective: without the knowledge of.
Adjective
unbeknownst (not comparable)
- Without the knowledge of.
- He went home early, unbeknownst to his mother.
- Theon’s redemption scene convincingly threatens to kill him right there on the beaches of Dragonstone, dying for a good cause unbeknownst to anyone but the rapscallions who watched him die, but at last it swerves into something genuinely heroic.2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club
unbeknownst meaning in Urdu and Arabic
unbeknownst in Urdu
- نامعلوم, ناقابل ادراک
unbeknownst in Arabic
- without the knowledge of
- مُبْهَم mubham
Synonyms of unbeknownst
Origin of unbeknownst
Variant of unbeknown with excrescent -st.
Questions about unbeknownst
- What does unbeknownst mean?
- Unbeknownst means without the knowledge of.
- What is unbeknownst in Urdu?
- Unbeknownst in Urdu is نامعلوم, ناقابل ادراک. See Unbeknownst meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is unbeknownst?
- Unbeknownst is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unbeknownst?
- Unbeknownst is pronounced /ˌʌnbɪˈnoʊnst/.
Words near unbeknownst in the dictionary
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