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View synonyms for unusual

unusual

[ uhn-yoo-zhoo-uhl, -yoozh-wuhl ]

adjective

  1. not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional:

    an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.

    Synonyms: odd, queer, curious, singular, strange, rare, remarkable, extraordinary



unusual

/ ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl /

adjective

  1. out of the ordinary; uncommon; extraordinary

    an unusual design

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • unˈusualness, noun
  • unˈusually, adverb
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Other Words From

  • un·usu·al·ly adverb
  • un·usu·al·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unusual1

First recorded in 1575–85; un- 1 + usual
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Example Sentences

There has also been some data analysis of voter registration stats showing Republicans leaving the party in unusual numbers.

Perched on each of these unusual, mellow forms is a transparent sculpture of a small bird, made from 3-D printed resin and cut into solids and hollows that serve as perches or baths for actual birds.

You took sort of an unusual path to becoming the president of digital.

From Digiday

It may be difficult to definitively prove the genome is gone, he says, especially if the chloroplast is “unusual in its structure or abundance” and therefore difficult to identify.

Bellows told Chastain’s attorney and Descano’s office to provide legal briefs on whether he could dismiss the case under the unusual circumstances.

Each individual race involves an unusual collaboration between researchers, manufacturers, and public-health entities.

So, in an unusual order (PDF) issued on New Years Day, District Judge Robert Hinkle clarified the issue.

The weather on the route of AirAsia Flight 8501 was not unusual for the region and the season.

It is an unusual kind of patriotism in the name of national security.

One morning at about eleven, he announces his intention as though it's truly an unusual thought: “Let's have a little drink.”

So it came to pass that another change came into his life, hence another epoch in the unusual life was his.

It is a notable fact that under the wholly unusual circumstances prevailing, the recovery was so prompt and effective.

Certainly captain Merveilles and his people showed unusual piety.

She did not appear conscious that she had done anything unusual in commanding his presence.

The weapons, the most unusual weapons, we are reluctantly compelled to accept under protest.

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