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[ uhn-yoo-zhoo-uhl, -yoozh-wuhl ] / ʌnˈyu ʒu əl, -ˈyuʒ wəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unusual ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response. Origin of unusualFirst recorded in 1575–85; un-1 + usual SYNONYMS FOR unusualextraordinary, remarkable; rare, strange, singular, curious, queer, odd. SEE SYNONYMS FOR unusual ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM unusualun·u·su·al·ly, adverbun·u·su·al·ness, nounWords nearby unusualununquadium, ununtrium, unununium, unusable, unused, unusual, unusuality, unutterable, unvaccinated, unvalued, unvarnished Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unusualEach individual race involves an unusual collaboration between researchers, manufacturers, and public-health entities. The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST So, in an unusual order (PDF) issued on New Years Day, District Judge Robert Hinkle clarified the issue. The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over|Jay Michaelson|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST The weather on the route of AirAsia Flight 8501 was not unusual for the region and the season. Did Bad Weather Bring Down AirAsia 8501?|Clive Irving|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is an unusual kind of patriotism in the name of national security. Why Did We Panic After 9/11 and Ignore All We Knew About Responding to Security Threats?|Deborah Pearlstein|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The unusual textures (santouri, ney, lyra, clarinets, voices) impart a mystical quality to this work. The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Hence the complete picture they give of life is of necessity fallacious: they can only represent what is unusual. A Chesterton Calendar|G. K. Chesterton Such words as these, from an employ, were unusual to say the least. The Iron Boys in the Steel Mills|James R. Mears The situation was most unusual and in some ways most embarrassing, also. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888|Frances M.A. Roe She was a lady highly educated for that day, and possessed of a mind of unusual power. Home Life of Great Authors|Hattie Tyng Griswold This was occasioned by the muzzles being pointed downwards into the ditch, which gave the report an unusual and appalling effect. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade|William Surtees
British Dictionary definitions for unusual
adjectiveout of the ordinary; uncommon; extraordinaryan unusual design Derived forms of unusualunusually, adverbunusualness, 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 unusualunexpected, remarkable, noteworthy, awesome, curious, bizarre, odd, special, incredible, phenomenal, exceptional, amazing, strange, unconventional, singular, uncommon, extraordinary, significant, memorable, unique |