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unaccustomed

[ uhn-uh-kuhs-tuhmd ]

/ ˌʌn əˈkʌs təmd /

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adjective

not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.

unusual; unfamiliar: A brief after-dinner speech is an unaccustomed pleasure.

Origin of unaccustomed

First recorded in 1520–30; un-¹ + accustomed

SYNONYMS FOR unaccustomed

2 uncommon, extraordinary, curious, peculiar, unexpected.

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OTHER WORDS FROM unaccustomed

un·ac·cus·tomed·ness, noun

Words nearby unaccustomed

unaccompanied, unaccomplished, unaccountable, unaccounted, unaccounted-for, unaccustomed, unacknowledged, unacquainted, unaddressed, unadopted, unadorned

Example sentences from the Web for unaccustomed

A month after that announcement, unaccustomed daylight was forced upon the lithium-ion battery industry.

Passenger Flights Must Stop Carrying Lithium-Ion Batteries as Cargo |Clive Irving |May 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
While Kelley is unaccustomed to dealing with the media and was nervous about our sit-down, her task is in many ways far easier.

Like Jill Kelley, Paula Broadwell Eyes Comeback After Petraeus Scandal |Howard Kurtz |January 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It is a moment of unaccustomed celebration in a country that has known unimaginable suffering.

Southern Sudan's Historic Independence Referendum |John Avlon |January 9, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
John Avlon talks to jubilant Sudanese voters on the ground at a moment of unaccustomed celebration.

Southern Sudan's Historic Independence Referendum |John Avlon |January 9, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Citizens of the Palmetto State woke up yesterday with an unaccustomed feeling when they opened the political page: pride.

The End of Southern Racism? |John Avlon |June 24, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Their stripling chief thrust out his stomach, and he handled his large sword with an unaccustomed flourish.

The Missourian |Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
He was not unaccustomed to doing foolish things when he was drunk, and as a rule he made it a point to ignore them afterwards.

The Uphill Climb |B. M. Bower
For the greater part of the day he had been sedulously fighting against a new and unaccustomed state of mind.

The Tempting of Tavernake |E. Phillips Oppenheim
She was delicate and unaccustomed to privation and discomfort—and the cottage had its disadvantages.

The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol |William J. Locke
To an unaccustomed eye from below he might have been a part of nature's freaks among the sand rocks.

The Way of an Indian |Frederic Remington

British Dictionary definitions for unaccustomed

unaccustomed

/ (ˌʌnəˈkʌstəmd) /

adjective

(foll by to) not used (to) unaccustomed to pain

not familiar; strange or unusual

Derived forms of unaccustomed

unaccustomedness, noun