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as in unusual
being out of the ordinary
has uncustomary grace and poise for a girl of her age
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as in uncommon
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
anger that was very uncustomary for such an even-tempered man
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Recent Examples of uncustomary
In her last years, exiled to the desert due to failing health and lack of institutional support, Wanda passed after an uncustomary silence.
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Sesshu Foster,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2023
But True Grit, written in 1968 when Portis was 35, was a deeply uncustomary novel for Portis, who had never taken the tall tales of his Southern youth quite so seriously before, and never would again.
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Scott Bradfield,
The New Republic,
7 Apr. 2023
Crowned with a crop of wild curls, Bale takes full advantage of the uncustomary assignment of playing a good-hearted, ebullient type, his generous nature in direct defiance of his misfortunes.
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David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Sep. 2022
After traveling all morning from Colorado Springs and not eating properly or drinking enough fluids, plus pitching in uncustomary heat, Houser said his stomach became upset.
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Tom Haudricourt,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
18 June 2018
On Wednesday, Israel’s departing ambassador, Eitan Na’eh, received an uncustomary search at Istanbul’s airport in an apparent attempt at public humiliation, including being forced to take off his shoes.
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Ruth Eglash,
Washington Post,
16 May 2018
Sandra makes an uncustomary scene and moves in with her estranged older sister, Elizabeth.
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Jane Horwitz,
idahostatesman,
12 Apr. 2018
Sandra makes an uncustomary scene and moves in with her estranged older sister.
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Jane Horwitz,
kansascity,
12 Apr. 2018
Things are in such a state, the mayor has singled out some most uncustomary targets in the city’s latest drive against prostitution and pornography.
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Gail Sheehy,
Daily Intelligencer,
8 Sep. 2017
Sesshu Foster,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2023
But True Grit, written in 1968 when Portis was 35, was a deeply uncustomary novel for Portis, who had never taken the tall tales of his Southern youth quite so seriously before, and never would again.
—
Scott Bradfield,
The New Republic,
7 Apr. 2023
Crowned with a crop of wild curls, Bale takes full advantage of the uncustomary assignment of playing a good-hearted, ebullient type, his generous nature in direct defiance of his misfortunes.
—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Sep. 2022
After traveling all morning from Colorado Springs and not eating properly or drinking enough fluids, plus pitching in uncustomary heat, Houser said his stomach became upset.
—
Tom Haudricourt,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
18 June 2018
On Wednesday, Israel’s departing ambassador, Eitan Na’eh, received an uncustomary search at Istanbul’s airport in an apparent attempt at public humiliation, including being forced to take off his shoes.
—
Ruth Eglash,
Washington Post,
16 May 2018
Sandra makes an uncustomary scene and moves in with her estranged older sister, Elizabeth.
—
Jane Horwitz,
idahostatesman,
12 Apr. 2018
Sandra makes an uncustomary scene and moves in with her estranged older sister.
—
Jane Horwitz,
kansascity,
12 Apr. 2018
Things are in such a state, the mayor has singled out some most uncustomary targets in the city’s latest drive against prostitution and pornography.
—
Gail Sheehy,
Daily Intelligencer,
8 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncustomary
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What Trump is doing is unusual.
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Heat domes are not unusual, but the temperatures in this one have been.
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On June 23, 2026, though, the majority delivered an uncommon defeat in this contentious area.
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His distaste for the wealthy is not an uncommon feeling in the country, his defense argued.
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This year’s celebration comes on the heels of a late June warehouse fire in Boyle Heights that released extraordinary amounts of soot and smoke across the county, on par with pollution generated by the previous year’s wildfires.
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These were moments of extraordinary dissent against the British government by American colonists.
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Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls.
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The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man.
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To start, Lendeborg is an exceptional passer who can run point from the forward position.
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Collectors are competing for works with scarcity, exceptional provenance, and a clear place in art history.
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Watching improv is reliably funny because performers work without a script.
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But figuring out how to do all that while being funny at the same time?
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In this context, when screening healthy asymptomatic people who aren’t at high risk, the chance at an ideal screening result of identifying abnormal tissue that can be eliminated is very low.
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The abnormal heat has been driven by the onset of El Niño, a natural climate pattern characterized by unusually warm waters along the equatorial tropical Pacific Ocean.
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As the two form a close bond, Laila discovers there's some weird business going on within the house that threatens both of them.
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Confessions kicked off one of the weirdest eras in a career that has never been stingy with weirdness.
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“Uncustomary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncustomary. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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