UNFAMILIAR


Meaning of UNFAMILIAR in English

1.

If something is ~ to you, you know nothing or very little about it, because you have not seen or experienced it before.

She grew many wonderful plants that were ~ to me...

I was alone in an ~ city.

? familiar

ADJ: oft ADJ to n

~ity

...problems which arise from the newness of the approach and its ~ity to prisoners.

? familiarity

N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss

2.

If you are ~ with something, it is ~ to you.

She speaks no Japanese and is ~ with Japanese culture.

ADJ: v-link ADJ with n

~ity

...her ~ity with the politics of the region.

N-UNCOUNT: N with n

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