Meaning | not known or well known. |
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Examples | - "a name unfamiliar to most"
- "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"
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Attribute of | familiarity | usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known |
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Narrower | strange, unknown | not known before |
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unacquainted, unacquainted with, unfamiliar with | Having little or no knowledge of |
See also | foreign, strange | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world |
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unknown | not known |
Opposite | familiar | well known or easily recognized |
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Spanish | desconocido, extraño, poco familiar |
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Catalan | desconegut |
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Nouns | unfamiliarity | unusualness as a consequence of not being well known |
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