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Unwonted

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Not habitual or ordinary; unusual: "Her unwonted breach of delicacy . . . perplexed him” ( George Meredith).

adj. Not accustomed; unused.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Not customary or habitual; unusual; infrequent; strange.

adj. Unused (to); unaccustomed (to) something.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice.

adj. Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not wonted; not common; uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare: as, an unwonted sight; unwonted changes.

Unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice: as, a child unwonted to strangers.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. out of the ordinary

Word Usage

"Then, with the waywardness of action which thought and feeling often take in unwonted situations, she began to wonder whether it could be right to be there – not only for her, but for anybody."

Equivalent

uncommon

Form

unwontedly unwont unwontedness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

unaccustomed unused uncommon unusual infrequent

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

unaccustomed utmost uncommon unusual uncharacteristic