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Also, I’m a writer, a trade unrenowned for temperance.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2019

The team has a track record of bad starts against wounded or unrenowned opposition.

From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2017

This son, Franz Victor, our hero's father, had to pass his life wretchedly in an insignificant position, the only one among the Sendlingens who went to his grave in mature years, unrenowned and indeed despised.

From The Chief Justice A Novel by Franzos, Karl Emil

Yea, these divines to whom We have referred, were mostly unrenowned, and, by the grace of God they were all purged of earthly vanities and free from the trappings of leadership.

From The Kitáb-i-Íqán by Bahá'u'lláh

Would to God he were poor and unrenowned as I thought him to be, when I married him!—for so we should always have been happy.

From Temporal Power by Corelli, Marie