unfamiliar

Adjective
US[uhn-fuh-mil-yer]/ˌʌnfəˈmɪljɚ/4 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. not known or well known“a name unfamiliar to most”“be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings”Opposite familiarSimilar strange, unacquaintedRelates to familiaritySee also foreign, unknown

Related words strangeness noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Unfamiliar

Formed with the prefix un- (“not”). See familiar.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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