unacquainted

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Writing the screenplay for “Women Talking” required a rigor and ruthlessness I was previously unacquainted with.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

To anyone unacquainted, this seemed like a truly bizarre moment.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2022

As Bauerlein says, unacquainted with literature, they are content with cliches.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022

He was regularly called a Renaissance man, and although he disliked the term, which he said was invariably used “by people unacquainted with the Renaissance,” it fit him well.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2019

Nurse Cramer was a good- hearted, sentimental creature who rejoiced unselfishly at news of -weddings, engagements, births and anniversaries even though she was unacquainted with any of the people involved.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller