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Recent Examples of unacquainted Who invites a bunch of previously unacquainted (or semi-acquainted) people to their home and then doesn’t introduce (or re-introduce) them to each other at the beginning of the evening? Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2024 For the unacquainted, the FlexStyle is an all-in-one blow dryer, straighter, and curling iron that styles hair by sucking it around the barrel with heated air, resulting in beautiful barrel curls. Averi Baudler, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024 Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said Tuesday the shooting stemmed from a dispute between people who were apparently unacquainted prior to an encounter at the rally. Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2024 For the unacquainted, a quick description: the movie is about Rudolf Höss, the real-life commandant of Auschwitz, who lived in a home that shared a garden wall with the camp. Longreads, 5 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unacquainted
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Adjective
  • The adolescent protagonist soon finds himself at the mercy of his imperious uncle, who puts his nephew out on the street for missing a midnight curfew, of which poor Karl was quite unaware.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Skarsgård is unaware that the exchange got any kind of play online.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • So what will our ignorant commissioner do with the information?
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • But criticism quickly began to pile in on Chinese social media, where users denounced the advertising stunt as ignorant of the potential environmental impacts in a remote and pristine ecosystem.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In terms of emotions, these Red Sox — and a goodly number of their fans — are just doing their thing, seemingly oblivious of the Yankees.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Told by a mate that just such a brawl is brewing, Jacob (Will Harrison, excellent) goes flying toward an oblivious bystander, fist first, knocking the unsuspecting victim to the ground.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Unacquainted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unacquainted. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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