unaccustomed

[ uhn-uh-kuhs-tuhmd ]
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adjective
  1. not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.

  2. unusual; unfamiliar: A brief after-dinner speech is an unaccustomed pleasure.

Origin of unaccustomed

1
First recorded in 1520–30; un-1 + accustomed

Other words for unaccustomed

Other words from unaccustomed

  • un·ac·cus·tomed·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for unaccustomed

unaccustomed

/ (ˌʌnəˈkʌstəmd) /


adjective
  1. (foll by to) not used (to): unaccustomed to pain

  2. not familiar; strange or unusual

Derived forms of unaccustomed

  • unaccustomedness, noun

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