acclimated
adjective
having become accustomed to a climate or environment.
unacclimated
-
a word derived from
acclimated.
Example Sentences
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It must be remembered that we were in a semi-tropical country, where to an unacclimated person the climate was itself almost a deadly foe.
From Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops Personal Narratives of events in the War of the Rebellion, being papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society. No. 7, Second Series by Joshua M. (Joshua Melancthon) Addeman
In summer the thermometer rises to 85°, and even 95°, in the shade, while the direct rays of the sun are then almost unbearable by human beings, and especially by unacclimated foreigners.
From The Story of Malta by Maturin Murray Ballou
The army made phenomenal forced marches through the desert, under a burning sun and in a climate famous for its power to kill the unacclimated.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen
Wholly unfitted for such labor as would be required in the West Indies and unacclimated, their fate may be readily assumed.
From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean
It most readily attacks strangers and the unacclimated, but no class is exempt.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Maturin Murray Ballou
