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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Unlike Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, which burned out in primetime because of overuse (but found a loyal audience for a number of years in daytime syndication), Greed was abruptly canceled by Fox after just one season for reasons unknown to this writer. —

Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 And one of their survey blocks which was intended to map trees had actually mapped trees growing on top of a really large Maya city that was previously unknown to the scientific community. —

Anna Lagos, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024 Enjoying life as a car salesman and family man, his past life is unknown to his wife (Monaghan) and kids (Colletti, Crosby). —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024 The lawsuit cites an agreement, the details of which are unknown to Alcon, for Warners to lease or license studio lot space, access and other materials to Tesla for the event. —

Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unknown to