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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
By offering to set aside nearly a third of the units as affordably priced, Vessel is able to use Connecticut’s 8-30g law as powerful leverage to get those plans approved — especially in affluent suburbs unaccustomed to large-scale apartment complexes with modernistic architecture.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
Heat waves now happen in unaccustomed places like the Pacific Northwest.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
Heat waves now happen in unaccustomed places like the Pacific Northwest.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
With its ability to offer a new kind of reading experience even to those unaccustomed to books, Strange Maps has already surpassed 700,000 copies in circulation.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2026
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
Heat waves now happen in unaccustomed places like the Pacific Northwest.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
Heat waves now happen in unaccustomed places like the Pacific Northwest.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
With its ability to offer a new kind of reading experience even to those unaccustomed to books, Strange Maps has already surpassed 700,000 copies in circulation.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccustomed
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As well as those two first-team appearances, Morrison has been an unused substitute on 13 occasions.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Chinese partners Leapmotor and Dongfeng would provide electric vehicle technology and use some of Stellantis’s unused factories in Europe to make their own products or badge them with Stellantis brands.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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This works because novel experiences require a degree of coordination, communication and problem-solving — factors that influence how reliable partners will seem in future unfamiliar situations.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The California Democrat was so unfamiliar to the incoming president that Biden badly mispronounced his name at an introductory news conference.—
Dan Diamond,
Washington Post,
31 May 2026
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The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper says spikes in bacteria levels after storms are common, but experts say the duration of the current contamination event is unusual.—
Monique John,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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But a true cure is elusive because hepatitis B has an unusual ability to hide in the body, ready to rebound if therapy stops.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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This works because novel experiences require a degree of coordination, communication and problem-solving — factors that influence how reliable partners will seem in future unfamiliar situations.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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There will be multiple tranches of insider stock peeling off as part of the novel way the deal is structured.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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California’s way of determining which two candidates move from a primary to a general election — the result of Proposition 14 in 2010 — is uncommon.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Officials said cases over the last seven months have been concentrated in Northern California and the Central Coast, including counties where these mushrooms have historically been uncommon.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The author could herself be considered predatorial, having written her own children in as the books’ protagonists, saddling them with a strange kind of fame.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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This strange occurrence echoes what happened at the top of the dot-com bubble 26 years ago.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Cindy Morgan, who played bombshell Lacey Underall, recalled to Sports Illustrated in 2010 that, funny as Dangerfield was, the comic was nervous about his performance.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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Abdullah Saeed’s Deli Boys debuted last year with a bang, quickly establishing itself as one of the most vibrant, funny, and well-rendered shows streaming.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
28 May 2026
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Denver finalized multi-year deals with multi-year mainstays Strnad and Singleton, cut 2025 signee Dre Greenlaw, and immediately set the precedent for an offseason of unprecedented veteran retention.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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First, investing has become dramatically more accessible, allowing millions of retail investors to participate in markets with unprecedented ease.—
Robert Ginsburg,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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“Unaccustomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccustomed. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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