unaccustomed
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Definition of unaccustomed
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.
“He is unaccustomed to the cold.”
“[…] I again conveyed his Key into his Pocket, and counterfeiting Sleep, tho’ I never once cloſed my Eyes, lay in Bed till after he aroſe and went to Prayers, an Exerciſe to which I had long been unaccuſtomed.”
““Do Veniam,” said his Superior; and the old man seized, with a trembling hand, a beverage to which he had been long unaccustomed, drained the cup with protracted delight, as if dwelling on the flavour and perfume, and set it down with a melancholy smile and shake of the head, as if bidding adieu in future to such delicious potations.”
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adj
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Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.
“He is unaccustomed to the cold.”
“[…] I again conveyed his Key into his Pocket, and counterfeiting Sleep, tho’ I never once cloſed my Eyes, lay in Bed till after he aroſe and went to Prayers, an Exerciſe to which I had long been unaccuſtomed.”
““Do Veniam,” said his Superior; and the old man seized, with a trembling hand, a beverage to which he had been long unaccustomed, drained the cup with protracted delight, as if dwelling on the flavour and perfume, and set it down with a melancholy smile and shake of the head, as if bidding adieu in future to such delicious potations.”
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To which one is not accustomed, unfamiliar
“Guerrilla warfare opens a field of activity for every local capacity, forces the enemy into an unaccustomed method of battle, avoids the evil consequences of a great defeat, secures the national war from the risk of treason, and has the advantage of not confining it within any defined and determinate basis of operations.”
“He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.”
“Later that day, whether from the accumulated effect of seeing hunger, from the unaccustomed food or from the sun, I get sick.”
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of unaccustom
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From un- + accustomed.
Words you can make from unaccustomed
200+ playable · top: ACCUSTOMED (17 pts)
Best play accustomed 17 points9-letter words
5 words8-letter words
29 words- ACCUSTOM 14 pts
- ACCOSTED 13 pts
- CADUCEUS 13 pts
- CADUCOUS 13 pts
- CAUCUSED 13 pts
- CONDUCES 13 pts
- CONDUCTS 13 pts
- CONSUMED 13 pts
- COSTUMED 13 pts
- DOCUMENT 13 pts
- MANUCODE 13 pts
- MUSCADET 13 pts
- SECUNDUM 13 pts
- STUCCOED 13 pts
- ACCOUNTS 12 pts
- COENACTS 12 pts
- COSECANT 12 pts
- ADUNCOUS 11 pts
- AMOUNTED 11 pts
- CONTUSED 11 pts
- DEMOUNTS 11 pts
- ENDOCAST 11 pts
- MUDSTONE 11 pts
- OUTDANCE 11 pts
- TACNODES 11 pts
- UNAMUSED 11 pts
- UNCAUSED 11 pts
- UNCOATED 11 pts
- SEAMOUNT 10 pts
7-letter words
69 words- ACCUSED 12 pts
- COACTED 12 pts
- CONDUCE 12 pts
- CONDUCT 12 pts
- CUNDUMS 12 pts
- DECOCTS 12 pts
- DECUMAN 12 pts
- MUDCATS 12 pts
- SCONCED 12 pts
- ACCENTS 11 pts
- ACCOUNT 11 pts
- ACUMENS 11 pts
- CENTUMS 11 pts
- COENACT 11 pts
- COMATES 11 pts
- CONSUME 11 pts
- COSTUME 11 pts
- MUCOSAE 11 pts
- SANCTUM 11 pts
- ACNODES 10 pts
- COASTED 10 pts
- COUNTED 10 pts
- DAEMONS 10 pts
- DAMNEST 10 pts
- DEACONS 10 pts
- DECANTS 10 pts
- DEMOUNT 10 pts
- DESCANT 10 pts
- DOCENTS 10 pts
- DOUCEST 10 pts
- DUSTMAN 10 pts
- DUSTMEN 10 pts
- ENDMOST 10 pts
- MASONED 10 pts
- MEDUSAN 10 pts
- MENUDOS 10 pts
- MONADES 10 pts
- MOUNTED 10 pts
- OSMUNDA 10 pts
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- TACNODE 10 pts
- TANDEMS 10 pts
- UNACTED 10 pts
- UNCASED 10 pts
- UNMATED 10 pts
- UNMUTED 10 pts
- UNTAMED 10 pts
- ACETOUS 9 pts
- AMOUNTS 9 pts
- AUTOMEN 9 pts
- AUTUMNS 9 pts
- CONATUS 9 pts
- CONTUSE 9 pts
- COTEAUS 9 pts
- COUTEAU 9 pts
- NUTCASE 9 pts
- OCTANES 9 pts
- OUTMANS 9 pts
- TOUCANS 9 pts
- UNMUTES 9 pts
- USAUNCE 9 pts
- ASTOUND 8 pts
- DONATES 8 pts
- DUTEOUS 8 pts
- SNOUTED 8 pts
- UNSATED 8 pts
- SOUTANE 7 pts
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6-letter words
96 words- CAECUM 12 pts
- MECCAS 12 pts
- CODECS 11 pts
- COMADE 11 pts
- CUNDUM 11 pts
- DECOCT 11 pts
- ACCENT 10 pts
- ACCOST 10 pts
- ACCUSE 10 pts
- ACETUM 10 pts
- ACUMEN 10 pts
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- CAMEOS 10 pts
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- CENTUM 10 pts
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- COMATE 10 pts
- COMETS 10 pts
- COMSAT 10 pts
- COMTES 10 pts
- CUSTOM 10 pts
- MACONS 10 pts
- MASCON 10 pts
- MASCOT 10 pts
- MUCOSA 10 pts
- ACNODE 9 pts
- AMENDS 9 pts
- AMUSED 9 pts
- ASCEND 9 pts
- CADENT 9 pts
- CADETS 9 pts
- CANOED 9 pts
- CANTED 9 pts
- CAUSED 9 pts
- COATED 9 pts
- CODENS 9 pts
- COSTED 9 pts
- COUDES 9 pts
- DAEMON 9 pts
- DAMSON 9 pts
- DANCES 9 pts
- DATUMS 9 pts
- DEACON 9 pts
- DECANS 9 pts
- DECANT 9 pts
- DEMAST 9 pts
- DEMONS 9 pts
- DESMAN 9 pts
- DOCENT 9 pts
- DOUMAS 9 pts
- DUCATS 9 pts
- DUNAMS 9 pts
- DUNCES 9 pts
- EDUCTS 9 pts
- ESCUDO 9 pts
- MASTED 9 pts
- MAUNDS 9 pts
- MEDUSA 9 pts
- MENADS 9 pts
- MENUDO 9 pts
- MOANED 9 pts
- MOATED 9 pts
- MODEST 9 pts
- MONADS 9 pts
- MONDES 9 pts
- MOUNDS 9 pts
- MOUSED 9 pts
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- AMENTS 8 pts
- AMOUNT 8 pts
- ASCENT 8 pts
- AUTUMN 8 pts
- CANOES 8 pts
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- CENTAS 8 pts
- CENTOS 8 pts
- CONTES 8 pts
- COSTAE 8 pts
- COTANS 8 pts
- COTEAU 8 pts
- COUNTS 8 pts
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- MANTES 8 pts
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- MOUNTS 8 pts
- ANODES 7 pts
- ATONED 7 pts
- AUTOED 7 pts
- DAUNTS 7 pts
- DONATE 7 pts
- DONUTS 7 pts
- ATONES 6 pts
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