unwonted
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This is because of the unwonted affection that the former president displays to his one-time arch-rival.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
Some sequences verge on a romp, and the result, though far from Lanthimos’s usual territory, could well bring him an unwonted commercial success.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2018
It shows in the hard edges of her can-do personality, on guard against unwonted sentimentality and unneeded calories, sidestepping leery co-workers with a breezy smile.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2018
Backstage, Edinburgh yielded to the south with a sea of Italians washing around the dressing rooms and up to Noseda’s closed door, where the maestro, in unwonted seclusion, was doing his new PT exercises.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2017
I became gripped by a quiet unwonted urge to know a little about these matters and to understand how people figured them out.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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