Synonyms for unfamiliar
ˌʌn fəˈmɪl yərun·fa·mil·iar

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1. unfamiliaradjective

   not known or well known

   "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"

   Antonyms:
   old(a), familiar, well-known(a), beaten(a), acquainted(p), long-familiar

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1. unfamiliaradjective

   Synonyms:
   unusual, uncommon, strange, singular, queer, unheard of, out of the way

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1. unfamiliaradjective

   Synonyms:
   unaccustomed, strange, novel, inconversant, unacquainted

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1. List of paraphrases for "unfamiliar":

   unknown, familiar, little-known, unusual, strange

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1. Thrity Umrigar:

   I had always thought that it was so unfortunate that here's this huge holiday celebrated by close to a billion people in different corners of the world, yet most Americans are totally unfamiliar with it.

2. Thomas Mann:

   Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous- to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.

3. Arafat Abkar:

   When I train, more spectators watch because women's boxing is new and unfamiliar in Sudan.

4. Mark Linden:

   For parents of children who are born premature or with other medical complications, the joy of a new baby is tempered with worry, the medicalized environment in which the baby is placed in the days and weeks following delivery is unfamiliar and at times frightening for parents.

5. Paul Fix:

   The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.