the unknown

noun

: a place, situation, or thing that is not known about or understood

explorers venturing off into the unknown

: a situation that one is unfamiliar with

A fear of the unknown kept her from changing jobs.

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This approach reduces fear of the unknown, preventing second-guessing and performance drops. —

Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Threat level: High debt levels in the world's largest economies — paired with the unknown path of fiscal and monetary policy down the line — could rattle financial markets in such a way that spills over into higher borrowing costs for other nations. —

Courtenay Brown, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024 Sometimes explorations of the unknown cross not into a strange land but into the peculiarities of the human mind. —

The Week Us, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024 But a classic creature feature takes deep, primal fears — the unknown, the dark, and everything that might be hiding there — and manifests them as grotesque beings that defy both science and nature. —

Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the unknown