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unacquainted

ac·quaint·ed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-kweyn-tid]
    • /əˈkweɪn tɪd/
    • /ˈʌnəˈkweɪntɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-kweyn-tid]
    • /əˈkweɪn tɪd/

Definitions of unacquainted word

  • adjective unacquainted having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law. 1
  • adjective unacquainted brought into social contact; made familiar: people acquainted through mutual friends. 1
  • adjective unacquainted not familiar: with sb or sth 1
  • adjective unacquainted If you are unacquainted with something, you do not know about it or do not have not any experience of it. 0
  • adjective unacquainted not familiar or conversant with (someone or something) 0
  • adjective unacquainted (of people) not having met or been introduced 0

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Origin of unacquainted

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at acquaint, -ed2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Unacquainted

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

unacquainted popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

unacquainted usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for unacquainted

adj unacquainted

  • amnesic — a person affected by amnesia.
  • hurtless — unhurt; uninjured.
  • inexperienced — not experienced; lacking knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience.
  • innocent — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
  • innoxious — harmless; innocuous.

adjective unacquainted

  • inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
  • newcome — Just arrived; lately come.
  • oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
  • offenseless — without offense.

Antonyms for unacquainted

adj unacquainted

  • buddy-buddy — very friendly; intimate.
  • free-and-easy — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • garden variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
  • in on — If you are in on something, you are involved in it or know about it.
  • in the know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.

adjective unacquainted

  • workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.

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