unusual
adjective
, -zhəl; -ˈyüzh-wəl\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unusual
Synonyms
curious, extraordinary, funny, odd, offbeat, out-of-the-way, peculiar, queer, rare, singular, strange, unaccustomed, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, weird
Antonyms
common, ordinary, plain, usual
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TikTok’s culture is designed for its users to help each other get popular quickly, so success on the app isn’t unusual or as hard to come by as on other social media networks. — Starrene Rhett Rocque, Teen Vogue, "The History of TikTok," 29 Aug. 2019 His defense attorney, Milena Blake, who is with Stanford Law School’s Three Strikes Project, which works to win early release for inmates serving long prison terms, said the number of prison staff supporting Shell’s release is highly unusual. — Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Model inmate to be freed, decades ahead of his 80-to-life term for robberies," 29 Aug. 2019 Constitutional experts agreed that the length of the suspension - five weeks - is highly unusual. — Karla Adam, Anchorage Daily News, "Queen approves Boris Johnson’s request to suspend Parliament ahead of Brexit deadline," 28 Aug. 2019 Christian went to the Crites’s house last weekend, and the pair played for an hour and a half without an argument — a feat that Crites said is unusual for her son. — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, "A boy held his crying classmate’s hand on the first day of school. A photo of the moment has gone viral.," 28 Aug. 2019 Although thunderstorms had been forecast, which wasn’t unusual for a hot day, a tornado was, and was exponentially worse. — NBC News, "What to have on hand to be ready if a natural disaster strikes," 28 Aug. 2019 Jenkins acknowledged his work may be unusual for Laguna Beach, with its plein air painters and art-inspiring landscapes. — Daily Pilot, "Realistic new sculptures of hooded men outside Laguna Beach City Hall draw mixed responses," 27 Aug. 2019 Again, this is quite unusual compared to the go-go times of the last decade when cars regularly blew past their reserves and sold for well above the high estimates. — Fortune, "Letter From Pebble Beach: What a Disappointing Classic Car Auction Tells us About the 1%—and the Economy," 24 Aug. 2019 Unsworth says that’s not unusual for large projects. — oregonlive.com, "Barbur light rail project faces $462 million funding gap, tough decisions loom," 23 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unusual.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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