Meaning of little-known | Babel Free

Definitions

Not known about by many people.

Equivalents

Examples

“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....”

“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.”

“Some little-known lines belonging to the State exist⟳ in the extreme south-west corner of Western Australia, to serve⟳ the timber country.”

“Using pen and sketching pencil with talent, as well as with the advertised “attention and care,” he proves himself to be a perceptive and interesting guide⟳ to a little-known region and an even less-known people.”

“The mayoral race⟳ between a little-known congressman and an even less-known businessman threatened to polarize race⟳ relations across the country.”

““That is from a ‘Sonnet to Love⟳.’ ” He looked up at Marie and lowered his voice. “By Omar Duvall, a little-known sonnet by a littler-known poet.””

“Someone will come⟳ out in a moment, he guessed, acclimatizing himself to the atmosphere, and reminiscing nostalgically about the time he and his young wife-to-be were early arrivals for a first night performance of a little-known play⟳ by an even lesser-known amateur theatrical group.”

“In the thirty years between the end⟳ of World War II and 1975, the FTC, a somewhat little-known independent federal agency headed by even lesser-known political appointees, forced almost one hundred similar compulsory licensing decrees upon other American companies, […]”

“She is marginal even in relation to the marginal: the little-known avant-garde writer’s even lesser-known wife.”

“Battersea Power Station is among a host⟳ of world monuments that have⟳ been placed on a list of threatened heritage. It is one of 67 cultural sites in 41 countries deemed to be at risk⟳ from the forces of nature and social, political and economic change⟳. They range from Venice to the little-known village of Pok Fu Lam in Hong Kong, and include⟳ sites dating from prehistory to the twentieth century.”

“Caparaonia itaiquara is the sole member of this genus of Brazilian gymnophthalmids. It is among the least-known of the little-known gymnophthalmids (cells filled: 12% v. 19%).”

“London Transport⟳ Museum's Siddy Holloway and rail historian and RAIL contributor Tim Dunn will reunite to discover⟳ more hidden sites and little-known stories from the Tube.”

CEFR level