unstrange
unstrange adjective: not strange.
Adjective
unstrange (comparative more unstrange, superlative most unstrange)
- Not strange.
- What’s more, “it did so in a notably unstrange manner.”2007 February 18, Kathryn Harrison, “Lives in the Arts”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- mundane, ordinary, typical, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, commonplace, common-and-garden
Verb
unstrange (third-person singular simple present unstranges, present participle unstranging, simple past and past participle unstranged)
- To remove the strangeness from; to make less strange; make familiar.
- When I was with you, I forgot about Mum and it made me less strange. It unstranged me.2018, Julia Prendergast, The Earth Does Not Get Fat, page 29
- Most specifically, to make visible is to unstrange what was once unknown into a series of knowable components, which the viewer's eye can then use to identify parts as one builds the whole.2021, Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Mediated Narration in the Digital Age: Storying the Media World
Synonyms of unstrange
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Forms of unstrange
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unstrange |
| superlative | most unstrange |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | unstranges |
| present participle | unstranging |
| past participle | unstranged |
| past | unstranged |
Origin of unstrange
From Middle English unstraunge, equivalent to un- + strange.
From un- + strange.
Words formed from unstrange
Questions about unstrange
- What does unstrange mean?
- Unstrange means not strange.
- What part of speech is unstrange?
- Unstrange can be an adjective or a verb.
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