UNACCUSTOMED


Meaning of UNACCUSTOMED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnəkʌstəmd ]

1.

If you are unaccustomed to something, you do not know it very well or have not experienced it very often. ( WRITTEN )

They were unaccustomed to such military setbacks...

It is a part of Britain as yet largely unaccustomed to tourists.

= unused

≠ accustomed

ADJ : v-link ADJ to n / -ing

2.

If you describe someone’s behaviour or experiences as unaccustomed , you mean that they do not usually behave like this or have experiences of this kind. ( WRITTEN )

He began to comfort me with such unaccustomed gentleness...

ADJ : ADJ n

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