Noun
A phone number that is unfamiliar to the recipient.
A phone number that is hidden from the recipient.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see unknown, number.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgLet's sum up: an unknown number of enemies with unknown capabilities, supported by a gang of madmen, packs of attack animals, and superhumanly intelligent pocket change. Jim Butcher
Elegance is necessarily unnatural, only achieveable at great expense. If you just do something, it won't be elegant, but if you do it and then see what might be more elegant, and do it again, you might, after an unknown number of iterations, get something that is very elegant. Erik Naggum