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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unacquainted
Adjective
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Robby reads the medical history of the patient, unaware that the patient is actually Al-Hashimi.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Max comes across as this really unaware guy.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Excluding industry from the room doesn’t make for ‘independent’ policy but sets the table for ignorant policy.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Being ignorant but rational, the proto-citizens will necessarily settle on what Rawls called the Two Principles of Justice.—
George G. Szpiro,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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To this lesson, as to so many ironies screaming out from his prose, Tillman appears oblivious.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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His collaborators remained unaware — or kept willfully oblivious — about the allegations.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Unacquainted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unacquainted. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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