unaccustomed

English

Etymology

un- +‎ accustomed

Adjective

unaccustomed (comparative more unaccustomed, superlative most unaccustomed)

Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292:
  
  I again conveyed his key into his pocket, and counterfeiting sleep—though 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.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎:
  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.
He is unaccustomed to the cold.

Derived terms

Translations

Translations

Ido: nekustumala (io), nekustumata (of things), nekustumanta (of persons)
Irish: ainchleachta, neamhchleachtach, núíosach
Maori: tahangoi

Norwegian:
Bokmål: uvant
Swedish: ovan (sv)

Verb

unaccustomed

simple past tense and past participle of unaccustom

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