Familiar and Little known

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Familiar adjective - Closely acquainted.

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Little known is an antonym for familiar.

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Familiar is an antonym for little known in topics: obscure, unique, different, unfound.

Even The Importance of Being Earnest, which still turns up quite frequently in stage and screen adaptations, is little known - even though the standard satirical depiction of snobby social climbers familiar to just about everyone largely stems from the characters in it.

Source: Mainstream Obscurity

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