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as in unused
not having acquired a habit or tolerance
pampered youngsters who were unaccustomed to such hard work
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as in unfamiliar
not known or experienced before
the unaccustomed friendliness of my relatives after I won the lottery
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as in unusual
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
unaccustomed styles of cooking that the tourists had to be persuaded to try
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Recent Examples of unaccustomed
Beshear declared a state of emergency for the western part of the state, citing potentially record rainfall in areas unaccustomed to flooding.
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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
But officials say the winds that fueled devastating fires in three parts of Los Angeles County were much more erratic and unpredictable than a typical dry offshore wind pattern — and struck areas unaccustomed to such events.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Those unaccustomed to the horror genre may find it altogether too disturbing.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
For those who are completely unaccustomed to spice, Le suggested pickled pepperoncinis as an easy introduction to hotter foods.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
But officials say the winds that fueled devastating fires in three parts of Los Angeles County were much more erratic and unpredictable than a typical dry offshore wind pattern — and struck areas unaccustomed to such events.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Those unaccustomed to the horror genre may find it altogether too disturbing.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
For those who are completely unaccustomed to spice, Le suggested pickled pepperoncinis as an easy introduction to hotter foods.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccustomed
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This includes physical assets like IT hardware, networking equipment and office infrastructure, but also intangible assets like intellectual property, unused software licenses, real estate and even entire business units that no longer align with the company’s strategic goals.—
Albert Golukhov,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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But other times, windows would be rearranged seemingly at random, with unused space and weird gaps that require you to fuss around and move all your windows around again.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 July 2025
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People unfamiliar with certain disasters — such as out-of-town visitors caught in the Hill Country flooding — may be at higher risk during emergencies.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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The short clip features Maya locking herself in the bathroom of an unfamiliar home when all of a sudden an axe comes flying through the closed door.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
24 July 2025
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Their target area was unusual, though: a strip of lawn between the road and a fence bordering Interstate 65, where homeless people have set up about two dozen tents over the first half of this year.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
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Summer storms cause travel headaches every year, but these numbers are not unusual.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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But in reality, many of the most successful companies didn’t start with novel inventions.—
Abdo Riani,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Her novel Tongue was published in English by Bloomsbury in 2009.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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Now, several weeks of free rent are not uncommon, along with gift cards and other specials to entice renters.—
Beck Andrew Salgado,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Spotty cell service or none at all is not uncommon in parts of Kerr County, northwest of San Antonio.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
24 July 2025
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The ever-shifting phases of Earth's moon present a wealth of targets for amateur astronomers to explore, ranging from magnificent craters and lunar seas to strange visual phenomena created as sunlight plays across the ancient surface, forming familiar shapes where none should be.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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No other high-profile footballer in the world has followed such a strange career arc, one that for at least two years has been leading him, circuitously but inexorably, to Saudi Arabia.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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When something bad happens, five seconds later, something funny in life happens.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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Chuck Lorre is back with yet another laugh-out-loud funny show to add to his TV universe.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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This is all to say that what is unprecedented in scale is not altogether without precedent.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
26 July 2025
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This level of support by the federal government for a mining company is unprecedented, said Gracelin Baskaran, an expert on critical minerals at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
26 July 2025
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“Unaccustomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccustomed. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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