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unaccustomed [uhn-uh-kuhs-tuhmd] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for unaccustomed on Thesaurus.com adjective
- not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
- unusual; unfamiliar: A brief after-dinner speech is an unaccustomed pleasure.
Origin of unaccustomed First recorded in 1520–30; un-1 + accustomed Related formsun·ac·cus·tomed·ness, nounSynonyms for unaccustomed See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com 2. uncommon, extraordinary, curious, peculiar, unexpected. Related Words for unaccustomed ignorant, uninformed, unfamiliar, incompetent, inexperienced, novice, unacquainted, unseasoned, unskilled, untaught, untrained, uninstructed, unpracticed, alien, altered, bizarre, different, eccentric, exceptional, exotic Examples from the Web for unaccustomed Contemporary Examples of unaccustomed
A month after that announcement, unaccustomed daylight was forced upon the lithium-ion battery industry.
Passenger Flights Must Stop Carrying Lithium-Ion Batteries as Cargo
Clive Irving
May 5, 2014
While Kelley is unaccustomed to dealing with the media and was nervous about our sit-down, her task is in many ways far easier.
Like Jill Kelley, Paula Broadwell Eyes Comeback After Petraeus Scandal
Howard Kurtz
January 23, 2013
It is a moment of unaccustomed celebration in a country that has known unimaginable suffering.
Southern Sudan’s Historic Independence Referendum
John Avlon
January 9, 2011
John Avlon talks to jubilant Sudanese voters on the ground at a moment of unaccustomed celebration.
Southern Sudan’s Historic Independence Referendum
John Avlon
January 9, 2011
Citizens of the Palmetto State woke up yesterday with an unaccustomed feeling when they opened the political page: pride.
John Avlon
June 24, 2010
Historical Examples of unaccustomed
You think of your wife, grappling with a kind of difficulty to which she is unaccustomed.
Basil King
His voice was modulated to an unaccustomed mildness as he spoke.
Marvin Dana
He was unaccustomed to seeing her show suffering, and it embarrassed him.
Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
The unaccustomed action was significant; it bespoke a passionate loyalty.
Alice Brown
You are right in supposing that I am not unaccustomed to—an influential position.’
Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for unaccustomed unaccustomed adjective
- (foll by to) not used (to)unaccustomed to pain
- not familiar; strange or unusual
Derived Formsunaccustomedness, noun Word Origin and History for unaccustomed adj.
1520s, “not customary, unfamiliar,” from un- (1) “not” + past participle of accustom. Meaning “not accustomed or habituated” (to) is first attested 1610s.