habituate
verb (used with object)
to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation.
unhabituated
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a word derived from
habituate.
Example Sentences
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The Boé chimpanzees performing the behavior are unhabituated; they are not used to humans, meaning that we cannot observe individual chimpanzees on foot because they will run away.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
The thing is apt to be disturbing to unhabituated beholders.
From Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Arnold Bennett
