unaccustomed
Example Sentences
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"Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounters and dialogue. In this way polarisation, conflict, fear and violence spread."
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
One of Luna’s friends, unaccustomed to the social boundaries of a more analog era, called 17 times in a day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
For Sarah, a 34-year-old marketer in Michigan, the summer of 2022 was a season flush with unaccustomed success.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The 109% premium over Thursday’s closing price, and the nearly 1,000% premium over Cidara’s share price five months ago, are additional positive signs for biotech, which has been on an unaccustomed run this fall.
From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025
I was as unaccustomed to praise as I was to having a friend, or being one.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Vocabulary lists containing unaccustomed
Flowers for Algernon
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Stories of Ourselves
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