unaccustomed
Americanadjective
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not accustomed accustomed or habituated.
to be unaccustomed to hardships.
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unusual; unfamiliar.
A brief after-dinner speech is an unaccustomed pleasure.
- Synonyms:
- unexpected, peculiar, curious, extraordinary, uncommon
adjective
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(foll by to) not used (to)
unaccustomed to pain
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not familiar; strange or unusual
Other Word Forms
- unaccustomedness noun
Etymology
Origin of unaccustomed
First recorded in 1520–30; un- 1 + accustomed
Example Sentences
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Breuer’s evangelizing has made him an important public figure in a country unaccustomed to seeing and hearing from men in uniform.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana -- southern states unaccustomed to intense winter weather and the bone-chilling cold that's forecast to continue for much of the next week -- were especially impacted.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
For Sarah, a 34-year-old marketer in Michigan, the summer of 2022 was a season flush with unaccustomed success.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
And as City move within sight of another trophy, Guardiola proved once more that even amid unaccustomed struggles, old trophy-winning habits die hard for great managers and players.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025
But unlike Adams, I was unaccustomed to peering down at cumulonimbus cells from 29,000 feet, and I therefore remained ignorant of the storm that was even then bearing down.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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