unfamiliar
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unfamiliar
Synonyms
fresh, new, novel, original, strange, unaccustomed, unheard-of, unknown, unprecedented
Antonyms
familiar, hackneyed, old, time-honored, tired, warmed-over
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The tour, sponsored by the non-profit, volunteer Floating Homes Association, provides tour goers with ideas for their homes, and opens up possibilities for those unfamiliar with the boating life. — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, "Colorful floating Sausalito home suits a ‘pair of docs’," 31 Aug. 2019 For those unfamiliar with the controversy, the lipsticks from Hill's line were said to have pieces of hair in them, as well as holes, while others were melted. — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, "Jaclyn Hill Just Got Back on Social Media, and There’s Already Backlash," 22 Aug. 2019 For those unfamiliar with this particular dream team, the first person on that list is National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, an affable former CNBC personality. — Catherine Rampell, The Denver Post, "Rampell: Trump has a dream team for mismanaging a recession," 18 Aug. 2019 For those unfamiliar, the Snake Eyes character is completely unrecognizable, always covered head to toe in black, and also never makes a sound. — Matt Sheehan, WIRED, "Henry Golding Might Star in the Next G.I. Joe Movie," 14 Aug. 2019 In the midst of it were places unfamiliar to most Westerners — Belynichi, Smolovka and Khotimsk, to name a few — but places that were once the safe homes of bewildered children and their terrified parents. — Marianne Szegedy-maszak, Washington Post, "Horrors of World War II, through children’s eyes," 16 Aug. 2019 One such player who most Reds fans are probably unfamiliar with is Yasser Larouci. — SI.com, "Yasser Larouci: 5 Things to Know About Liverpool's Teen Sensation," 22 July 2019 That’s not to say that the prospect of jetting off to an unfamiliar place wasn’t scary. Venturing outside of your support system always raises the anxiety meter a bit, especially for an introverted alcoholic. — Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, "How Traveling Sober Changed the Way I Saw the World," 10 July 2019 One of its systems uses COBOL, a programming language developed in the 1950s, that many younger IT employees are unfamiliar with. — Alyssa Newcomb, Fortune, "Federal Cybersecurity Failures Include a 48-Year-Old System Few People Knew How to Use," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unfamiliar.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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