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Unfamiliar definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNFAMIL'IAR, a. Not accustomed; not common; not rendered agreeable by frequent use.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not known or well known; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings" [ant: familiar]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1594 not familiar: a. not well-known ; strange <an unfamiliar place> b. not well acquainted <unfamiliar with the subject> • unfamiliarity noun • unfamiliarly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not familiar. Derivatives: unfamiliarity n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If something is unfamiliar to you, you know nothing or very little about it, because you have not seen or experienced it before. She grew many wonderful plants that were unfamiliar to me... I was alone in an unfamiliar city. ? familiar ADJ: oft ADJ to n • unfamiliarity ...problems which arise from the newness of the approach and its unfamiliarity to prisoners. ? familiarity N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss 2. If you are unfamiliar with something, it is unfamiliar to you. She speaks no Japanese and is unfamiliar with Japanese culture. ADJ: v-link ADJ with n • unfamiliarity ...her unfamiliarity with the politics of the region. N-UNCOUNT: N with n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Unusual, uncommon, strange, singular, queer, unheard of, out of the way. 2. Unaccustomed, unacquainted, inconversant.

Moby Thesaurus

able, awkward, bizarre, blankminded, breakaway, callow, curious, different, dumb, empty, empty-headed, enigmatic, exotic, foreign, gauche, green, groping, ignorant, inane, incalculable, incognizable, incognizant, inexperienced, innocent, know-nothing, mysterious, naive, nescient, new, novel, oblivious, odd, offbeat, original, peculiar, puzzling, rare, raw, recherche, remarkable, sealed, simple, strange, strange to, sui generis, tentative, unaccustomed, unaccustomed to, unacquainted, unacquainted with, unapparent, unapprehended, unapprized, unascertained, unaware, unbeknown, uncharted, unclassified, uncommon, uncomprehending, unconventional, unconversant, unconversant with, uncustomary, undisclosed, undiscoverable, undiscovered, undivulged, undreamed-of, unenlightened, unexpected, unexplained, unexplored, unexposed, unfamiliar with, unfathomed, unheard, unheard-of, unidentified, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, uninitiated in, uninstructed, unintelligent, uninvestigated, unique, unknowable, unknowing, unknown, unordinary, unperceived, unplumbed, unposted, unrevealed, unripe, unskilled in, unsure, unsuspected, unthought-of, untouched, unused to, unusual, unversed, unversed in, unwitting, unwonted, vacuous, virgin