unfamiliarity
Lack of familiarity; ignorance or inexperienceLack of familiarity; ignorance or inexperience.
» Am I the only one who still feels a sense of unfamiliarity with the word "Surprise party"?
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Lack of familiarity; ignorance or inexperience.
Due to my unfamiliarity with the library's catalog system, it took several hours to find the book.
- unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
Examples
1 sentencesAm I the only one who still feels a sense of unfamiliarity with the word "Surprise party"?
Origin
From un- + familiarity.From un- + familiarity.
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Forms
plural: unfamiliarities| Singular | unfamiliarity |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- unusualness as a consequence of not being well known:strangeness
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.