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Antonyms for unaccustomed
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uhn-uh-kuhs-tuhmd |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn əˈkʌs təmd |
Definition of unaccustomed
Origin :- 1520s, "not customary, unfamiliar," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of accustom. Meaning "not accustomed or habituated" (to) is first attested 1610s.
- adj not prepared, ready; new
- adj new, strange
- You think of your wife, grappling with a kind of difficulty to which she is unaccustomed.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- His voice was modulated to an unaccustomed mildness as he spoke.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He was unaccustomed to seeing her show suffering, and it embarrassed him.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- The unaccustomed action was significant; it bespoke a passionate loyalty.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- You are right in supposing that I am not unaccustomed to—an influential position.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- To an unaccustomed eye it seemed the work of two days at least.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- Bewilderment and unaccustomed weakness overtook Lady Coryston.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- I will not say that he slunk in, but there was an unaccustomed diffidence in his bearing.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It in no way wishes to impose work on women nor to make them unaccustomed to it.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- She was unaccustomed to be addressed in that tone, and she resented it.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
Synonyms for unaccustomed
- alien
- altered
- bizarre
- different
- eccentric
- exceptional
- exotic
- foreign
- ignorant
- imported
- incompetent
- inexperienced
- newcome
- not given to
- not used to
- novel
- novice
- out of the ordinary
- outlandish
- quaint
- remarkable
- singular
- special
- surprising
- too green
- unacquainted
- uncommon
- unconventional
- uncustomary
- unexpected
- unfamiliar
- unfamiliar with
- uninformed
- uninstructed
- unknown
- unorthodox
- unpracticed
- unprecedented
- unseasoned
- unskilled
- untaught
- untrained
- unused to
- unusual
- unversed in
- unwonted
- variant
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