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unfamiliar

Pronunciation: /ʌnfəˈmɪlɪə/

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Definition of unfamiliar

adjective

  • 1not known or recognized:he felt a stranger among the crowd of unfamiliar faces his voice was unfamiliar to her
  • unusual or uncharacteristic:the yellow taxicab was an unfamiliar sight on these roads
  • 2 (unfamiliar with) not having knowledge or experience of:he seems unfamiliar with recent research on this topic

Derivatives

unfamiliarity

Pronunciation: /-lɪˈarɪti/

noun

unfamiliar in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of unfamiliar in the US English dictionary