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[ uhn-fuh-mil-yer ] / ˌʌn fəˈmɪl yər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unfamiliar ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject. different; unaccustomed; unusual; strange: an unfamiliar treat. Origin of unfamiliarFirst recorded in 1585–95; un-1 + familiar SYNONYMS FOR unfamiliarSEE SYNONYMS FOR unfamiliar ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM unfamiliarun·fa·mil·i·ar·i·ty [uhn-fuh-mil-ee-ar-i-tee], /ˌʌn fəˌmɪl iˈær ɪ ti/, nounun·fa·mil·iar·ly, adverbWords nearby unfamiliarunfair, unfair competition, unfair practice, unfaith, unfaithful, unfamiliar, unfancied, unfashionable, unfasten, unfathered, unfathomable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unfamiliarArtists like Orsola Maddalena Caccia will be unfamiliar to most, and yet she has six works in the exhibition. The Virgin Mary Lookbook|William O’Connor|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST In Crimson Room, players awoke in an unfamiliar room with no way of knowing how to escape. Escape the Room—New York's Hottest Game|Justin Jones|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST For the unfamiliar, Sikhs are required by their faith to wear a turban, known as the Dastaar. New York’s Sikhs Need Their Own Al Sharpton|Dean Obeidallah|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Do mysterious dishes thrill you; do unfamiliar ingredients get your taste-buds going? Brits Are Very Fussy Eaters|Emma Woolf|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were ordered to make their way to the port of Fethiye, and then sent by sea to an unfamiliar Greek land. Turkey's Gorgeous Ghost Town|Nina Strochlic|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST She had known Roger all her life, but his whole aspect was unfamiliar to her. Notwithstanding|Mary Cholmondeley The idea, though known to philosophers, is unfamiliar to the majority of physicists. Popular scientific lectures|Ernst Mach These lists of unfamiliar names look like the dbris of a quarry—hard, meaningless, and to us useless. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua|William Garden Blaikie She moved away from this unfamiliar face but it came closer again. Surprised and interested by an unfamiliar song, I rose one day at that unnatural hour to trace it home. Little Brothers of the Air|Olive Thorne Miller
British Dictionary definitions for unfamiliar
adjectivenot known or experienced; strange (postpositive foll by with) not familiar Derived forms of unfamiliarunfamiliarity (ˌʌnfəˌmɪlɪˈærɪtɪ), noununfamiliarly, adverbCollins 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 unfamiliarunexplored, exotic, unusual, unexpected, unknown, foreign, unaccustomed, curious, new, obscure, peculiar, bizarre, unaware, oblivious, alien, anomalous, extraordinary, fantastic, novel, original |