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[ uhn-uh-kuhs-tuhmd ] / ˌʌn əˈkʌs təmd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unaccustomed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships. unusual; unfamiliar: A brief after-dinner speech is an unaccustomed pleasure. Origin of unaccustomedFirst recorded in 1520–30; un-1 + accustomed SYNONYMS FOR unaccustomed2 uncommon, extraordinary, curious, peculiar, unexpected. SEE SYNONYMS FOR unaccustomed ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM unaccustomedun·ac·cus·tomed·ness, nounWords nearby unaccustomedunaccompanied, unaccomplished, unaccountable, unaccounted, unaccounted-for, unaccustomed, unacknowledged, una corda, unacquainted, unaddressed, unadopted Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unaccustomedA 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
adjective(foll by to) not used (to)unaccustomed to pain not familiar; strange or unusual Derived forms of unaccustomedunaccustomedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unaccustomedignorant, uninformed, unfamiliar, incompetent, inexperienced, novice, unacquainted, unseasoned, unskilled, untaught, untrained, uninstructed, unpracticed, alien, altered, bizarre, different, eccentric, exceptional, exotic |