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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNACCUS'TOMED, a.
1. Not accustomed; not used; not made familiar; not habituated; as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Jeremiah 31.
2. New; not usual; not made familiar; as unaccustomed air; unaccustomed ideas.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not habituated to; unfamiliar with; "unaccustomed to wearing suits" [ant: accustomed]
2: not customary or usual; "an unaccustomed pleasure"; "many varieties of unaccustomed foods"; "a new budget of unaccustomed austerity"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1526 1. not customary ; not usual or common 2. not habituated — usually used with to • unaccustomedly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (usu. foll. by to) not accustomed. 2 not customary; unusual (his unaccustomed silence). Derivatives: unaccustomedly adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unaccustomed Un`ac*cus"tomed, a. 1. Not used; not habituated; unfamiliar; unused; -- which to. Chastened as a bullock unaccustomed to yoke. --Jer. xxxi. 18. 2. Not usual; uncommon; strange; new. What unaccustomed cause procures her hither? --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you are unaccustomed to something, you do not know it very well or have not experienced it very often. (WRITTEN) They were unaccustomed to such military setbacks... It is a part of Britain as yet largely unaccustomed to tourists. = unused ? accustomed ADJ: v-link ADJ to n/-ing 2. If you describe someone's behaviour or experiences as unaccustomed, you mean that they do not usually behave like this or have experiences of this kind. (WRITTEN) He began to comfort me with such unaccustomed gentleness... ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Unused. 2. New, unfamiliar.

Moby Thesaurus

a novice at, a stranger to, callow, curious, disaccustomed, fresh, green, green as grass, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, new, new to, peculiar, rare, raw, rusty, strange, unaccustomed to, unacquainted with, unanticipated, uncommon, unconversant, unconversant with, undeveloped, unexpected, unexperienced, unfamiliar, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unhabituated, unhardened, uninitiated in, uninured, unmatured, unpracticed, unpracticed in, unprecedented, unripe, unseasoned, unskilled in, untrained, untried, unused, unused to, unusual, unversed, unversed in, unwonted, weaned