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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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French authorities said unusual betting patterns were detected around a yellow card Wahi received in a Ligue 1 match while playing for Nice last month.
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The bar can do classic and pretty, strong and aromatic, familiar and unusual in the same round.
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Tornadoes are not uncommon in Streator, a small rural town about 100 miles southwest of Chicago.
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Todd Sohn, chief ETF strategist at Strategas Securities, says the pattern is familiar, even if the scale is uncommon.
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Our work complements beautifully the extraordinary work that has already been done by the producers, sales agents and distributors of Mike Leigh’s films over the years.
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The Vietnam War was fought by young Americans thrust into extraordinary circumstances.
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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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Other members of the cast contribute some sharp edges and moments that are legitimately funny.
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Someone’s losing their dignity, and that’s funny.
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Haney reminded jurors that despising the rich isn’t a crime, much less an abnormal opinion.
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Others develop dangerous fluctuations in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms because the autonomic nervous system becomes affected.
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So, that was kind of quite weird.
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But storefronts across the city have long been weird hodgepodges, rife with misspellings and aesthetic incoherence.
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“Uncustomary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncustomary. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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