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unfamiliar

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un⋅fa⋅mil⋅iar

  [uhn-fuh-mil-yer]
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–adjective
1. not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
2. different; unaccustomed; unusual; strange: an unfamiliar treat.
Origin:
1585–95; un- 1 + familiar

Related forms:
un⋅fa⋅mil⋅i⋅ar⋅i⋅ty  [uhn-fuh-mil-ee-ar-i-tee] , noun
un⋅fa⋅mil⋅iar⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. curious, novel, new.
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un·fa·mil·iar   (ŭn'fə-mĭl'yər)   
adj.  

  1. Not being acquainted; not conversant: unfamiliar with the roads here.

  2. Not within one's knowledge; strange: unfamiliar faces.

un'fa·mil·iar'i·ty (-mĭl-yār'ĭ-tē, -mĭl'ē-ār'ĭ-tē) n., un'fa·mil'iar·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

unfamiliar 
1594, from un- (1) "not" + familiar.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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