ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unaccustomed

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Unaccustomed is an adjective meaning Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.

Meaning

Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.

More Meanings

  1. To which one is not accustomed, unfamiliar
  2. simple past and past participle of unaccustom

Example Sentences

He is unaccustomed to the cold.
Later that day, whether from the accumulated effect of seeing hunger, from the unaccustomed food or from the sun, I get sick.
He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
[…] I again conveyed his Key into his Pocket, and counterfeiting Sleep, tho’ I never once cloſed my Eyes, lay in Bed till after he aroſe and went to Prayers, an Exerciſe to which I had long been unaccuſtomed.

Synonyms for unaccustomed

Depending on context, synonyms include unusual, new.

Antonyms for unaccustomed

Common opposites include accustomed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unusual, new, wontless, uncommon, unused, nonaccustomed.

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