unfamiliar with
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4.1
- idiom
:
no familiarizado con
- As a new student, I am unfamiliar with the campus layout and need a map.
- readers unfamiliar with
- people unfamiliar with
- unfamiliar with the culture
They are unfamiliar with that person and that is scary to them.
- They are unfamiliar with that person and that is scary to them.
- But to start off for for people who are unfamiliar with your father and listening right now, who was your father?
- So I'll skip ahead and just give a brief overview of the JVM for people who are unfamiliar with it.
- If you've never done it, then the moment comes and you're totally unfamiliar with something like this.
- You know, I wasn't, I wasn't unfamiliar with that drug, right.
Examples
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Most students mentioned doing a Google search to obtain information on issues they were unfamiliar with.
Academic text (2015) -
Some teachers may feel unable to evaluate certain pieces or may be unfamiliar with certain styles.
Academic text (2001) -
...I heard a language I was unfamiliar with.
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- I am unfamiliar with that term.
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The nature of this light is not easy to describe to someone unfamiliar with it.
Fiction book (2000) -
Doctor, the jury will be unfamiliar with your field of expertise, so I'll ask quite a simple question.
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I'm unfamiliar with the amenities here.
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Hence, most public health researchers are unfamiliar with these new developments.
Academic text (2011) -
If you hesitate to answer, or are unfamiliar with some of the terminology mentioned so far, read on.
Academic text (1996) -
The vast majority of teachers came from the mainland and were unfamiliar with the island ecosystems.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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2.9
Not knowing that something is happening or true
110
5.5
Not told about important things, so you do not know them
104
4.4
Not known or seen before
96
4.3
Not knowing about a subject or how to do something
66
3.4
Not having much skill or practice
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3.7
Not knowing about a subject or situation
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8.0
People who do not know about a subject or activity
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6.7
Not knowing about something because you have no experience with it
1
6.5
Not familiar with someone or something
1
7.1
Not knowing much about a subject
Not familiar with a subject or its details
Antonyms
How Familiar
Surface Forms
Morphology
unfamiliar + with
The adjective 'unfamiliar' already encodes lack of prior knowledge or experience, and the preposition 'with' simply marks the entity to which that lack applies. This compositional adjective + with pattern is predictable and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Unfamiliar with comes from the idea of not being familiar with something. Imagine walking into a kitchen you have never used; you do not know where things are, so you are unfamiliar with it, and that is why the phrase means 'not knowing' or 'having little experience'.