Just wanted to see if unbenounced (sp?) is a word, my friend had stated that it wasn't, i'm willing to put money that it is a word. ex. "unbenounced (sp?) to me he had established the contract before my approval. If you know the proper spelling of the word or know if it is even a word at all your answer would be greatly appreciated.
2007-06-13 13:34:03 · 9 answers · asked by tom 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
unbeknownst-(adverb)-without one's knowledge.
2007-06-13 13:41:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After checking dictionaries and the Web, I conclude that "unbenounced," "benounce," etc., are NOT established words. They don't seem to be used in any real context except as mistakes for "unbeknownst"--which IS the word you need in the sentence you offer--and its relatives.
The fact that "unbenounced" gets 752 hits from Google, over 2,000 on Yahoo! search, and endorsement from some of the other Answers here doesn't mean much. After all, "honnest" gets about 60,000 hits on each engine! Compared to nearly 2 million for "unbeknownst" and tens of millions for "honest," they're just the crumbs of misspellings (or mishearings) that you can expect on the Web.
P.S. to GeorgiaSPeach: Love your pseudonym--but you've got to read the WHOLE definition, especially in the Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=unbenounced ):
"without proper invitation. unknowingly, used by most chaps who cant speak properly." In other words, the only dictionary entry anywhere for the word marks it as an error!
2007-06-13 21:37:34 · answer #2 · answered by georgetslc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, this is a word unbenounced but u r using it in the wrong sentence,
2007-06-13 20:43:44 · answer #3 · answered by mf mf mf mf mf fmf mf mfmfmfmfmf 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
like "unbenounced to me she went ahead and did it anyway"??? I think it is a word but you could always to to
dictionary.com to find out. yeah, it's that simple to type in dictionary.com and find a word website, some people are really suprised by that, I don't know why.
2007-06-13 20:38:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to my spell check on word Processor, it is a correct spelling word, but the first letter is capitalized.
2007-06-13 20:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by trey98607 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a word, and that is the correct spelling. It means without proper invitation, unknowingly.
2007-06-13 20:39:05 · answer #6 · answered by georgiaspeach 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Judging from the example you used in a sentence, you are thinking of "unbeknownst" (un-bee-nhonst), meaning unknown, unperceived, etc.
2007-06-13 20:40:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a word.
2007-06-13 20:48:51 · answer #8 · answered by Kimberly K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope not a word
2007-06-13 20:39:28 · answer #9 · answered by class_of_2012 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋