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unfamiliar

/ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/

unfamiliar adjective: strange, not familiar.

Adjective

unfamiliar (comparative more unfamiliar, superlative most unfamiliar)

  1. Strange, not familiar.
    • United were second-best for long periods as they struggled to adapt to an unfamiliar line-up and were ultimately fortunate to leave Merseyside with their unbeaten league run still intact.2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport

Noun

unfamiliar (plural unfamiliars)

  1. An unfamiliar person; a stranger.

unfamiliar meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

unfamiliar in Tamil

பழக்கப்பட்டதாய் இராத, முன்பின் அறியப்படாத

unfamiliar in Urdu

عجیب, اجنبی, انجان, انوکھا, بےجانا بوجھا, بیگانہ

unfamiliar in Malayalam

പരിചയമില്ലാത്ത

unfamiliar in Kannada

ಅಪರಿಚಿತ, ಅಜ್ಞಾತ, ಹೊಸ
More languagesFewer languages
unfamiliar in Sanskrit
पर pára
unfamiliar in Arabic
غَيْر مَأْلُوف ḡayr maʔlūf
unfamiliar in Myanmar
စိမ်း cim:

Examples of unfamiliar in a sentence

  • It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom.
  • I was mostly unfamiliar with the nautical terms used in the sailing documentary.
  • Sleeping in an unfamiliar room can be a trigger for sleepwalking.

All 40 example sentences with unfamiliar

Forms of unfamiliar

Adjective
comparativemore unfamiliar
superlativemost unfamiliar
Noun
pluralunfamiliars

Origin of unfamiliar

From un- + familiar.

Words formed from unfamiliar

Questions about unfamiliar

What does unfamiliar mean?
Unfamiliar means strange, not familiar.
What is unfamiliar in Tamil?
Unfamiliar in Tamil is பழக்கப்பட்டதாய் இராத, முன்பின் அறியப்படாத. See Unfamiliar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unfamiliar?
Unfamiliar can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce unfamiliar?
Unfamiliar is pronounced /ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/.

Words near unfamiliar in the dictionary

  1. unfalteringly
  2. unfalteringness
  3. unfame
  4. unfamed
  5. unfamilial
  6. unfamiliar
  7. unfamiliarised
  8. unfamiliarities
  9. unfamiliarity
  10. unfamiliarized
  11. unfamiliarly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unfamiliar (page history and authors); unfamiliar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unfamiliar (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unfamiliar (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unfamiliar (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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