unfamiliar
not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
different; unaccustomed; unusual; strange: an unfamiliar treat.
Origin of unfamiliar
1Other words for unfamiliar
Other words from unfamiliar
- un·fa·mil·i·ar·i·ty [uhn-fuh-mil-ee-ar-i-tee], /ˌʌn fəˌmɪl iˈær ɪ ti/, noun
- un·fa·mil·iar·ly, adverb
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How to use unfamiliar in a sentence
For those unfamiliar, soba is buckwheat noodle dish—and they proved much more popular amongst the public.
For those unfamiliar with Michals, an annotated biography and useful essays are included.
Artists like Orsola Maddalena Caccia will be unfamiliar to most, and yet she has six works in the exhibition.
Time plus desire can you lead you to some strange unfamiliar places.
Michael Sheen’s Masterful Study of Sex and Insecurity | Caryn James | September 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn Crimson Room, players awoke in an unfamiliar room with no way of knowing how to escape.
In search of a lost handkerchief, they regained the Clayhanger premises by an unfamiliar side door.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettHe had been something real and tangible in that shadowy place—something familiar in an unfamiliar world.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartWeston was in no mood to discuss questions of that kind, though the curious sensation was not altogether unfamiliar to him.
The Gold Trail | Harold BindlossThere was a slight, persistent tingling vibration in everything that was unfamiliar, too.
The Stars, My Brothers | Edmond HamiltonThis book was the work of some one unfamiliar, unrecognizable, forgotten by the happy woman that she was.
The Creators | May Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for unfamiliar
/ (ˌʌnfəˈmɪljə) /
not known or experienced; strange
(postpositive foll by with) not familiar
Derived forms of unfamiliar
- unfamiliarity (ˌʌnfəˌmɪlɪˈærɪtɪ), noun
- unfamiliarly, adverb
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