unaccustomed
/ˌʌnəkˈʌstəmd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.
adj
To which one is not accustomed, unfamiliar
verb
simple past and past participle of unaccustom
Example Sentences
- "He is unaccustomed to the cold."
- "[…] I again conveyed his Key into his Pocket, and counterfeiting Sleep, tho’ I never once cloſed my Eyes, lay in Bed till after he aroſe and went to Prayers, an Exerciſe to which I had long been unaccuſtomed."
- "“Do Veniam,” said his Superior; and the old man seized, with a trembling hand, a beverage to which he had been long unaccustomed, drained the cup with protracted delight, as if dwelling on the flavour and perfume, and set it down with a melancholy smile and shake of the head, as if bidding adieu in future to such delicious potations."
- "Guerrilla warfare opens a field of activity for every local capacity, forces the enemy into an unaccustomed method of battle, avoids the evil consequences of a great defeat, secures the national war from the risk of treason, and has the advantage of not confining it within any defined and determinate basis of operations."
- "He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood."
- "Later that day, whether from the accumulated effect of seeing hunger, from the unaccustomed food or from the sun, I get sick."
Etymology
Etymology tree English un- English accustom English -ed English accustomed English unaccustomed From un- + accustomed.
Inflected Forms
more unaccustomed (comparative)
most unaccustomed (superlative)