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Unfamiliar

November 10, 2021

unfamiliar

un-fa-mil-iar / ŭn-fə-mĭl-yər

adjective 1. not having knowledge or experience of I just needed to know how a Hollywood screenplay looked on the page, which was something I was totally unfamiliar with. Diablo Cody, 1978 – 2. not known or recognized The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words. Hippocrates, 460 - 370 BC 3. unusual or uncharacteristic When a reserved person once begins to talk, nothing can stop him; and he does not want to have to listen, until he has quite finished his unfamiliar exertion. From 'Survival' by Phyllis Bottome, 1884 - 1963
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