UNACQUAINTED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

unacquainted

adjective

ˌən-ə-ˈkwān-təd

Definition of unacquainted next

as in unaware

not informed about or aware of something unacquainted with the latest developments in the field of astronomy

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Recent Examples of unacquainted Bringing together more than 40 paintings, this exhibition gives British audiences previously unacquainted with her work an introduction to Ancher’s bold and singular art. —

The Week Uk, TheWeek, 29 Jan. 2026 Shattered spirits are glued (ever so delicately) back together at a Christmas dinner table uniting the unacquainted and estranged, including a teenage Shirley Temple. —

Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Dec. 2025 This was not somebody who was unacquainted with them. —

Dennis Romero, NBC news, 30 Nov. 2025 For the unacquainted, CurrentBody are the brand behind that iconic face mask scene in Emily in Paris, not to mention a firm favorite of Kourtney Kardashian, Margot Robbie, Victoria Beckham and Halle Berry. —

Shani Cohen, Glamour, 28 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unacquainted

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unacquainted

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During her one game at Chase Center last season, the Bay Area faithful cheered for both Clark and the Valkyries, seemingly unaware that vitriol toward the visitors was allowed.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Linklater’s Richard Warren had to be menacing enough in 1702 to inspire his congregation to bury him alive in order to contain his evil, and to send Sarah fleeing the island in the night with his children, unaware that taking them off the island will turn them to dust.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 May 2026