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inacquaintance

inacquaintance noun: lack of acquaintance; ignorance.

Noun

inacquaintance (uncountable)

  1. Lack of acquaintance; ignorance.
    • […] so in asthma, where there is no expuition, or the expuition does not appear till the paroxysm is subsiding, we ought, I think, in fair reason, rather to acknowledge or inacquaintance with the actual cause than to place our faith in one that has so little to support it.1823, John Mason Good, The Study of Medicine, volume 1, page 380
    • He could scarcely have advanced a theory indicating a more unfortunate inacquaintance with the subject.1849 January, George Stanley Faber, “The Sacred Calendar of Prophecy”, in The Theological and Literary Journal, volume 1, page 407

Origin of inacquaintance

From in- + acquaintance.

Questions about inacquaintance

What does inacquaintance mean?
Inacquaintance means lack of acquaintance; ignorance.
What part of speech is inacquaintance?
Inacquaintance is a noun.

Words near inacquaintance in the dictionary

  1. inaccurately
  2. inaccurateness
  3. inachid
  4. inachids
  5. inachievable
  6. inacquaintance
  7. inacquiescent
  8. inactigram
  9. inactigrams
  10. inactinic
  11. inaction

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