unaccustomed

Examples

• All

• "Excuse me," he said in the voice of one clearly unaccustomed to apologizing.

  Fiction book (1997)

• If not immediately successful, or if new athletes experience unaccustomed failure, they can easily change activities.

  Academic text (2004)

• Ladies and gentlemen, unaccustomed as I am to public speaking--

  Broken City (2013)

• But it could not be easy to carry such unaccustomed weight with never a chance for ease.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The Tlingits are a reserved and private people, unaccustomed to asking or being asked questions.

  Academic text (1990)

• Norville is holding one hand up to shield his eyes from the unaccustomed light.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The American faculty is sensitive to the fact that students are unaccustomed to give-and-take classroom behavior.

  Academic text (1990)

• You're gonna have to excuse my rusticated friend, unaccustomed as he is to city manners.

  O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

• The pro-civil rights forces performed with an unaccustomed display of parliamentary discipline and teamwork.

  Academic text (1992)

• Johanna felt herself blush at the unaccustomed praise from her mother-in-law, "Oh, thank you."

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

U

unfamiliar

vsunaccustomed

102 4.4

Not known or seen before

is about lack of prior exposure or adaptation rather than only being unknown

U

unfamiliar with

vsunaccustomed

31 4.1

Not knowing much about something

points to general lack of exposure rather than specific lack of knowledge

U

unaccustomed to

vsunaccustomed

7 5.3

Not used to something because you have not done it often

is the same meaning but appears without the following preposition

U

unused to

vsunaccustomed

4 4.2

Not familiar with a thing or situation

stresses the idea in a more general or neutral way

U

unacquainted

vsunaccustomed

1 6.5

Not familiar with someone or something

is more about not being comfortable in situations rather than mere ignorance

U

unacquainted with

vsunaccustomed

1 6.7

Not knowing about something because you have no experience with it

stresses not being comfortable in new situations rather than lacking facts

U

unwonted

vsunaccustomed

• Literature

1 9.9

Not usual or expected in a situation

expresses general lack of prior exposure but in more common speech

U

unadapted

vsunaccustomed

1 7.3

Not used to new conditions and so struggle to live or work there

focuses on general lack of exposure rather than need for change

U

unhabituated

vsunaccustomed

1 8.2

Not used to a new place or situation and finding it difficult to adjust

focuses on lack of settling in rather than simply being unknown

Antonyms

F

familiar

774 1.0

Well known because you have seen or experienced it before

A

accustomed

141 3.4

Familiar with something because you do it often

Idioms

U

unaccustomed to

7 5.3

Not used to something because you have not done it often

How Familiar

accustomed

141 3.4

familiar

774 1.0

unaccustomed

10 5.3

unfamiliar

102 4.4

strange

∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology