unfamiliar (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *unfamiliar*:
ADJECTIVE	all	unfamiliar	not known or well known

unfamiliar > pronunciation
Sounds	ah.nfahmih'lyer
Rhymes	behavior ... Xavier: 32 rhymes with yer...

English > *unfamiliar*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	not known or well known.
Examples	"a name unfamiliar to most" "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"
Attribute of	familiarity	usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
Narrower	strange, unknown	not known before
Narrower	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
See also	unknown	not known
Opposite	familiar	well known or easily recognized
Spanish	desconocido, extraño, poco familiar
Catalan	desconegut
Nouns	unfamiliarity	unusualness as a consequence of not being well known

HyperDic: unfamiliar