unforeknown

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adjective

Not known in advance.

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Meanings

adjectiveunforeknown (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot known in advance.

    Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault, / Which had no less proved certain unforeknown.

    1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
    1 more example

    And, no doubt, it was destiny of a sort, unforeknown, deceitful, apparently malignant, that sent Charlotte back again to Brussels after her aunt's death.

    1912, May Sinclair, The Three Bront

Origin

From un- + foreknown.

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APA

unforeknown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unforeknown

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“unforeknown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unforeknown. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unforeknown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unforeknown.

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