Knowing
Unfamiliar
Unfamiliar adjective - Not known or experienced before.
Both words in one sentence
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When he composed "Radio Ga Ga", he used some chords that he was completely unfamiliar with, not knowing what they were actually called.
Source: Music / Queen - He realizes, while in its throes, that because he's unfamiliar with it, he's visibly reacting to it (knowing there's someone there, he's trying to look for them) and therefore must look crazy.
Source: Hyper Awareness -
And at those times when the heroes know they need to find something on an unfamiliar world, they don't act like knowing what planet it's on will make things easy.
Source: Literature / The Thrawn Trilogy
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