unused
adjective (NOT FAMILIAR)Definition
be unused to sth /ʌnˈjuːst/ › to not be familiar with a particular habit or experience: If you're unused to exercise your joints may ache the next day. I'm unused to getting up so early.Unknown and unfamiliar
(Definition of unused adjective (NOT FAMILIAR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a pig in a poke idiom
- alien adjective
- foreign adjective
- lesser-known adjective
- murky/uncharted waters idiom
- obscure adjective (NOT KNOWN)
- obscurity noun (NOT KNOWN)
- shadowy adjective
- strange adjective (NOT FAMILIAR)
- strangeness noun (NOT FAMILIAR)
- terra incognita noun
- the outside world idiom
- uncommon adjective (NOT FREQUENT)
- unexplored adjective (PLACE)
- unexplored adjective (PLAN)
- unfamiliar adjective
- unheard-of adjective
- unknown adjective
- unknown noun
- unsung adjective
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