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Recent Examples of unaccustomed The study added that to observe the chimpanzees, researchers had to hide cameras in three locations because the wild chimps are unaccustomed to humans. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025 This significant drop in temperature not only affects daily life but also raises concerns about the potential for snow in regions unaccustomed to wintry weather. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 In addition to strong winds, hail and tornadoes, the severe weather system dropped potentially record rainfall in areas unaccustomed to flooding. Jade Walker, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025 Some areas could see up to four months' worth of rain in just five days, leading to flash flooding in areas unaccustomed to such events. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unaccustomed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccustomed
Adjective
  • Network segmentation can prevent the spread of ransomware, so apply it. Disable all unused ports.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • While sorting through storage in their Rhode Island studio to prep those reissues, Ivy stumbled upon a treasure trove of reel-to-reel tapes and old hard drives with unused material.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • Action step: Volunteer for projects outside your usual scope to expand your skills and demonstrate your ability to thrive in unfamiliar territory.
    Kent Ingle, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • One possibility is that the chimps simply chose to imitate the android—much like people and animals often mimic others in unfamiliar social situations.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • These however, are unusual times that call for something more.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
  • The head of the Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is endorsing Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City, marking an unusual foray into Big Apple politics for the organization, which typically only focuses on issues local to the island.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
Adjective
  • As a result, there’s a large and growing demand for novel solutions.
    Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • Finally, with homicides soaring to record levels, exasperated authorities pivoted to a novel strategy: Mexico filed a $10-billion suit in U.S. federal court seeking to have Smith & Wesson and other signature manufacturers held accountable for the country’s epidemic of shooting deaths.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Adjective
  • Disagreeing with your boss is not uncommon, but there are ways to make your criticism stick without involving others—in this case, the American public.
    Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • The idea of achieving ‘dominion’ over the world and society is not uncommon in charismatic Christian theology, according to religious scholar Matthew Taylor, who studies Christian Nationalism.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • After coming to the Mets at the trade deadline, Blackburn had a serious of strange injuries, getting hit by a line drive on his hand, and then suffering from a spinal fluid leak that required surgery.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025
  • There, the homeowner said a stranger barefoot and clad only in black shorts — later identified as Schaefer — opened the unlocked back door and came inside.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • Roman is my kind of Virgil—chatty, funny, forgiving, sharp.
    Marina Harss, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
  • Ramsey’s memoir is a moving, sometimes funny story about destruction, change and rebirth, told by a woman tempered by fire.
    Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • In May 2025, Global Rights Compliance and The Reckoning Project, both non-governmental organizations, published a new report revealing unprecedented evidence exposing Russia’s systematic weaponization of information during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • Quickly backed up by local and regional California politicians amid the situation in LA, Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed and condemned Trump’s near unprecedented troop action.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 June 2025

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“Unaccustomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccustomed. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.

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