unwonted

  • 11unwonted — UK [ʌnˈwəʊntɪd] / US [ʌnˈwoʊntəd] adjective formal not usual for a particular person or thing and therefore unexpected Let s go, she said, with unwonted enthusiasm …

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  • 12unwonted — adjective Date: 1553 1. being out of the ordinary ; rare, unusual 2. not accustomed by experience • unwontedly adverb • unwontedness noun …

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  • 13unwonted — Synonyms and related words: a stranger to, abnormal, atypical, breakaway, disaccustomed, extraordinary, ignorant, inexperienced, infrequent, irregular, new to, odd, offbeat, peculiar, rare, recherche, rusty, singular, strange, sui generis,… …

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  • 14unwonted — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unusual, uncustomary; unused, unaccustomed. See unconformity, disuse. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unusual] Syn. uncommon, infrequent, rare; see unusual 1 , 2 . 2. [Uninformed] Syn. unaccustomed,… …

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  • 15unwonted — adj. rare, unusual …

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  • 16unwonted — [ʌn wəʊntɪd] adjective unaccustomed or unusual. Derivatives unwontedly adverb unwontedness noun …

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  • 17unwonted — a. 1. Unusual, uncommon, rare, in frequent. 2. Unaccustomed, unused …

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  • 18unwonted — adj uncommon, unusual, uncustomary, unfamiliar, unique, rare, novel; singular, exceptional, out of the ordinary, atypical, individual; unheard of, unexampled, unprecedented; infrequent, few and far between, seldom seen, seldom met with;… …

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  • 19unwonted — un·wonted …

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  • 20unwonted — un•wont•ed [[t]ʌnˈwɔn tɪd, ˈwoʊn , ˈwʌn [/t]] adj. not customary, habitual, or usual; rare • Etymology: 1545–55 un•wont′ed•ly, adv …

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