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   unusual

   /ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl/

   adjective

   • 1. not habitually or commonly occurring or done: "the company took the unusual step of complaining publicly about the decision" Similar uncommonabnormalatypicalunexpectedsurprisingunfamiliarunwonteddifferentstrangeoddcuriousout of the ordinaryextraordinaryout of the wayunorthodoxuncustomaryunconventionaloutlandishoffbeatoff-centredeviantnovelsingularpeculiarqueerbizarrefreakishquirkyalienrarescarcefew and far betweenthin on the groundexceptionalisolatedoccasionalinfrequentirregularsporadicout of the commoninformal:weirdoddballway outfreakysomething elseoff the wallbackasswardsdated:seldomOpposite commoneveryday
   • ▪ remarkable or interesting because different from or better than others: "a man of unusual talent" Similar remarkableextraordinaryexceptionalsingularparticularmarkedoutstandingnotablenoteworthydistinctivestrikingsignificantespecialspecialsignalsuperioruniqueunparalleledunprecedentedprodigiousinformal:mind-bogglingmind-blowingOpposite unremarkable

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   • 1. unusualness noun

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