unaccustomed
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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
Breuer’s evangelizing has made him an important public figure in a country unaccustomed to seeing and hearing from men in uniform.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
NWS meteorologist Allison Santorelli told AFP the agency was seeing widespread reports of significant ice accumulation, including in places unaccustomed to severe winter weather.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Syd, unaccustomed to elevators, let alone crowded ones, had to be pulled in, then splat like a cartoon character on the floor each time there was a shift down.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025
She was unaccustomed to the Kabuli dialect of his Farsi, and to the underlying layer of Pashto accent, the language of his native Kandahar.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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