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   unfamiliar

   /ˌʌnfəˈmɪlɪə/

   adjective

   • 1. not known or recognized: "he felt a stranger among the crowd of unfamiliar faces" Similar unknownnewstrangequeerforeignalienunheard ofbeyond someone's kenOpposite familiar
   • ▪ unusual or uncharacteristic: "the yellow taxicab was an unfamiliar sight on these roads" Similar unusualuncommonunconventionalnoveldifferentexoticalternativeunorthodoxoddpeculiarcuriousatypicaluncharacteristicunwontedabnormalanomalousaberrantout of the ordinaryOpposite common
   • 2. not having knowledge or experience of: "he seems unfamiliar with recent research on this topic" Similar unacquainted withunused tounaccustomed tounconversant withunpractised ininexperienced inunskilled inunversed inuninformed aboutunenlightened aboutignorant ofuninitiated innew tofresh tostrange toa stranger tounaware ofinformal:in the dark aboutrare:nescient ofOpposite conversant

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

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