habituate
verb (used with object)
to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation.
unhabituated
-
a word derived from
habituate.
Example Sentences
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Studying unhabituated chimpanzees also means that I must take care to avoid causing undue stress to my study subjects.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 2012
Studying unhabituated chimpanzees means that I can’t rely on close behavioral observations for data collection.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 2012
Despite all of these problems, eastern chimpanzees were the first subspecies habituated, while most other populations remained unhabituated, thus creating the East African chimp bias.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 13, 2012
She was unhabituated to conform herself to any standard but that connected with the present life.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
I was unhabituated to ideas of floating or transferable wealth.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown
