unacquainted

[US]/ʌnə'kweɪntɪd/
[UK]/ˌʌnəˈkwentɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. not familiar with each other

Phrases & Collocations

unacquainted with

Example Sentences

I regret that I am unacquainted with the place.

unacquainted with the legal issues at hand.

8.I am at an unfavourable position in being conversationally unacquainted with English.

They are unacquainted with each other.

She felt unacquainted with the new technology.

Being unacquainted with the local customs, he made a few social blunders.

The two families were unacquainted until their children became friends.

He remained unacquainted with the truth for many years.

She felt unacquainted in the new workplace.

The unacquainted guest seemed lost at the party.

They were unacquainted with the local language.

Feeling unacquainted with the subject, he decided to study harder.

The unacquainted neighbors greeted each other awkwardly.

Real-world Examples

But the UFO was unacquainted and unaccountable to the public.

Source: Pan Pan

It seems to be a survivor of some ancient race, wholly unacquainted with its neighbors.

Source: Yosemite

The difficulty of such an achievement cannot be comprehended by one unacquainted with the severe restrictions imposed upon me.

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

All systems of reality are not physically oriented, you see, and some are entirely unacquainted with physical form.

Source: 1The Eternal Validity of the Soul

It was a room, not unacquainted with the black ladder under various tenants; but as neat, at present, as such a room could be.

Source: Difficult Times (Part 1)

Tranquillity reigned upon his smooth unwrinkled forehead; and Content, expressed upon every feature, seemed to announce the Man equally unacquainted with cares and crimes.

Source: Monk (Part 1)

Ambrosio was yet to learn, that to an heart unacquainted with her, Vice is ever most dangerous when lurking behind the Mask of Virtue.

Source: Monk (Part 1)

At such times the contest for superiority between his real and acquired character was striking and unaccountable to those unacquainted with his original disposition.

Source: Monk (Part 2)

But I must ask you to remember that for me the situation was a new one, and I was entirely unacquainted with the etiquette in use.

Source: New Arabian Nights (Volume 1)

" You have no right to preach to me, you neophyte, that have not passed the porch of life, and are absolutely unacquainted with its mysteries" .

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

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