Unaccustom

Quick meaning: Unaccustom is a verb meaning To make or become used to a change from something one was accustomed to.

Meaning

To make or become used to a change from something one was accustomed to.

Example Sentences

The hardest thing for me to unaccustom myself to will be commuting.

Is is the part of statesmanship to give up a revenue so easily collected, to unaccustom our people to its payment and to do away with all machinery for its collection, when, unless we are more favored than the other nations of the world, there will come a day when it will all be needed?

On a man-of-war putting to sea, the ship's company have to unaccustom themselves to living on the fat of the land -- said "fat" consisting of one pound of fresh beef (including lean and bone), and one and a-half pounds of vegetables for each man per diem-- and instead of eating baker's bread ("soft tack") they crack and crunch ship's biscuit ("hard tack").

Word Forms

• unaccustoms
• unaccustoming
• unaccustomed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unusual, new, wontless, uncommon, disaccustom, unhabituate.

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