How to Use unacquainted in a Sentence

unacquainted

adjective

• Spend too much time on, say, how to tie a fly, and those unacquainted with the sport can quickly lose interest.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2021
• Yet here again, no effort is made by Ms. Lind to engage the unacquainted.
  — Ken Jaworowski, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
• But there’s delight in telling a moment: the world turned over by a sudden encounter of unacquainted thoughts.
  — Barbara Kingsolver, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
• And young, unacquainted with despair and allergic to the idea that anything is too late.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2021
• To be less unacquainted with plants or more connected to surroundings because of me is a huge win.
  — Denny, Bon Appétit, 17 Mar. 2021
• For those of you unacquainted with the show, the contestants move into a large, beautifully (but weirdly) decorated home where they are cut off from the rest of the world.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 July 2022
• This may seem melodramatic to you now, but the moment was more than a callow teen-ager, mostly unacquainted with death or real pain, could bear.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2019
• Also, the menu at Boiling Seafood Express -- saucy platters of seafood boils -- may not have been the most familiar taste for unacquainted customers looking for grab-and-go options, Smith said.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 3 May 2021
• The wooden wheel and tall, closely situated gear shifter are a joy to use, and any intimidation an unacquainted driver may feel washes away after the first mile.
  — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
• For anyone unacquainted with Made In Cookware, the brand offers pro-quality kitchenware at a much lower price point than other premium brands.
  — Sholeen Damarwala, Forbes, 23 June 2021
• Unless the tenor of the arguments gets much worse, continue to give your neighbors the illusion of privacy, that blessed illusion that allows unacquainted adults to share living space without shame.
  — Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2018
• Who invites a bunch of previously unacquainted (or semi-acquainted) people to their home and then doesn’t introduce (or re-introduce) them to each other at the beginning of the evening?
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2020
• Trees and fungi were once small, unacquainted ocean expats, still slick with seawater, searching for new opportunities.
  — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020
• His happy intensity has spread urgency to a roster unacquainted with it.
  — Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2022
• For those unacquainted, PopCorners are chips that are actually popcorn, or popcorn that are actually chips.
  — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 2 Nov. 2022
• Some have attempted to dismiss the president’s conduct as the actions of a new president, a free-wheeling businessman unaccustomed and unacquainted with the finer points of the office and government in general.
  — Rep. Adam Schiff, Esquire, 3 Feb. 2018
• In one experiment, pairs of unacquainted participants were given 20 minutes to converse freely about purchases.
  — Aditi Shrikant, Vox, 18 Oct. 2018
• Four unacquainted people meet at an immigration detention center in Australia.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2021
• For those unacquainted with classical music, a symphony orchestra might seem like an unfamiliar musical ensemble.
  — David Buice, Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024