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"afraid of the unknown" is a correct and common phrase that can be used in written English.
It means to feel fear or anxiety about things that are unfamiliar or unknown. Example: She was afraid of the unknown, so she decided not to take the job offer in a new city.
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Afraid of the unknown.
We're all afraid of the unknown.
People are afraid of the unknown.
It's normal for kids to be afraid of the unknown and to miss home, Smith said.
"They're afraid of each other and they're afraid of the unknown.
Most of the studio heads were opposed at first, he told me, "because they were afraid of the unknown".
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"What people are afraid of is the unknown," he said.
We are afraid of the future, specifically the unknown.
Afraid of the darkness of the unknown, the spaces in which we see only dimly, we often choose the darkness of closed eyes, of obliviousness.
It's a sign of someone too afraid to explore the unknown or learn more.
When she asked why a police car was parked outside the house, she was told that the family was afraid of "the possibility of retaliation by unknown parties".
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