Unfamiliar
[ʌnfə'mɪlɪə] or [,ʌnfə'mɪlɪɚ]
Definition
(adj.) not known or well known; 'a name unfamiliar to most'; 'be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings' .
Editor: Natasha--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unusual, uncommon, strange, singular, queer, unheard of, out of the way.
Typed by Freddie
Definition
adj. not familiar.—n. Unfamiliar′ity.—adv. Unfamil′iarly.
Checker: Maisie
Examples
- Stone crosses like these are not unfamiliar to you, nor are these dim garlands of everlasting flowers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Their very vocabulary was unfamiliar to him, and seemed to belong to fiction and the stage. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The handwriting was entirely unfamiliar to him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His originality lay in the use to which these familiar acquaintances were put by introduction into an unfamiliar context. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It is, of course, possible that a cunning man might change the tires of his bicycle in order to leave unfamiliar tracks. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His quick ear had caught a faint but unfamiliar sound. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- As we approached them they sniffed our unfamiliar scent and with squeals of rage circled about us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Checker: Maisie