What does unaccustomed mean?

Definitions for unaccustomed
ˌʌn əˈkʌs təmdun·ac·cus·tomed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unaccustomedadjective

    not habituated to; unfamiliar with

    "unaccustomed to wearing suits"

  2. unaccustomedadjective

    not customary or usual

    "an unaccustomed pleasure"; "many varieties of unaccustomed foods"; "a new budget of unaccustomed austerity"

Wiktionary

  1. unaccustomedadjective

    Not prepared by life experience to an event or thing, not accustomed

    He is unaccustomed to the cold.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unaccustomedadjective

    Etymology: from accustomed.

    I was chastised as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Jer. xxxi.

    The necessity of air to the most of animals unaccustomed to the want of it, may best be judged of by the following experiments. Boyle.

    I’ll send one to Mantua,
    Where that same banish’d runagate doth live,
    Shall give him such an unaccustom’d dram,
    That he shall soon keep Tibalt company. William Shakespeare.

    Their pristine worth
    The Britons recollect, and gladly change
    Sweet native home, for unaccustom’d air. Philips.

    An old word ought never to be fixed to an unaccustomed idea, without just and evident necessity. Isaac Watts, Logick.

ChatGPT

  1. unaccustomed

    Unaccustomed refers to not being familiar with or used to something. It often relates to a particular habit, activity, or environment that is different or new, resulting in a lack of ease or comfort.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unaccustomedadjective

    not used; not habituated; unfamiliar; unused; -- which to

  2. Unaccustomedadjective

    not usual; uncommon; strange; new

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unaccustomed

    un-a-kus′tomd, adj. not accustomed or used.—n. Unaccus′tomedness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unaccustomed in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unaccustomed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of unaccustomed in a Sentence

  1. Doug Watts:

    We did our best to bring him in. What we are unaccustomed to is someone being 100% unaccountable to the campaign.

  2. Prudential Financial.Tim Ghriskey:

    It’s really unsettling ... it’s a situation we are unaccustomed to, crude has had a great run so it’s a great opportunity to book some cash because of what is transpiring.

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