noun
definition
An unfamiliar person; a stranger.
adjective
definition
Strange, not familiar.
Examples of unfamiliar in a Sentence
She stopped, unfamiliar with the sight of death.
Nearing the old house, she spotted an unfamiliar truck parked beside the road.
He scowled at the other girls, and his voice had an unfamiliar edge.
At the unfamiliar voice, she faced the two men standing outside her kitchen.
The voice was unfamiliar.
These insects are adorned with bands of black and yellow, or with bright metallic colours, and on account of their large size and formidable ovipositors they often cause needless alarm to persons unfamiliar with their habits.
If she were unfamiliar with the accepted societal behaviors of a woman on his planet, he couldn't expect her to be any more familiar with the machine.
The sheets were cold and the unfamiliar surroundings unsettling.
As Dean peddled up to Bird Song, he saw no unfamiliar cars.
Brow furrowing, she pushed herself up to examine the unfamiliar bedroom.
Two bolted to his feet at the unfamiliar voice.
Maybe she called the cigarettes 'old' because the packaging looked unfamiliar.
She was halfway to the portal when the low, unfamiliar voice reached her.
Having the world's best neurologist on call was one of the perks of the rich and famous, a world unfamiliar to her except that her sister had been gunning for it since her sixteenth birthday.
She moved here a month ago, so was unfamiliar with the area.
It was as if their bodies were created to be together, not at all unfamiliar, entwined and as one.
Whether we look at his pure mathematical or at his physical researches we receive the same impression of Pascal; we see the strongest marks of a great original genius creating new ideas, and seizing upon, mastering, and pursuing farther everything that was fresh and unfamiliar in his time.
In education the Scandinavian Lapps are far ahead of their Russian brethren, to whom reading and writing are arts as unfamiliar as they were to their pagan ancestors.
It was a scene not unfamiliar to Adrienne, but she had been fortunate up to this point that it had never been a personal tragedy.
Did you stop drinking the juice your master gave you? an unfamiliar voice asked.
He broke free of attackers before reaching the camouflaged door and waved his band in front of what would look like just another boulder to someone unfamiliar with the path.
He glanced back once more at the void beyond the ledge and then looped the line around his body and stomped the few feet toward the cliff, trying to step without tripping in the cumbersome and unfamiliar foot wear.
However, being severely allergic to certain foods, I can never afford to experiment with dishes that I am unfamiliar with.
One immediate consequence of this is that Tinker, Tailor... feels somewhat antiquated, of belonging in some distant, unfamiliar time.
An unfamiliar aroma greeted his nostrils as she poured broth, sharp with herbs, into the waiting bowls.
Those who are unfamiliar with butter were churning the butter.
This soft natural lambskin comforter can be useful on the move as young travelers will feel secure in unfamiliar places.
A hand-eye coordination system has been developed to guide a robot manipulator to pick up unfamiliar objects in unstructured environments with uncalibrated stereo cameras.
Familiar and unfamiliar Sea Shanties were accompanied by a variety of instruments including melodeons, concertinas, two guitars and a tin whistle.
A few unfamiliar faces had entered the tavern, that wasn't entirely unusual but a lone unfamiliar face ordered an unfamiliar drink.
Those unfamiliar with grammatical terminology should also attend the class in ' Background to language learning ' during their first term.
Pop-up boxes remind learners of unfamiliar terminology in a clear visual glossary.
For most members of SEAC, policy on animal breeding was unfamiliar territory.
It quickly turned the MP for West Bromwich East, a hitherto unfamiliar backbencher, into something of a new media star.
You on the other hand will be stepping into totally unfamiliar territory.
Why it remains a largely unfamiliar destination to the British is still a mystery to me.
Even those wholly unfamiliar with this area will find the text entirely accessible.
Most of us are completely unfamiliar with such poverty.
Saints travel to Reading for an unfamiliar Friday night kick off, with an equally unfamiliar line-up.
The world seemed remarkably unfamiliar; more closed in some ways; more accessible in others.
Knight is the one here who appears unfamiliar with the literature on this issue.
If any terms remain unfamiliar after reading this, our extensive Glossary should help you.
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And though there was positive gain in the removal of idolatrous and corrupt modes of worship, there was also positive loss in the disappearance of this old genial phase of Hebrew social life and worship. It involved a vast difference to many a Judaean village when the festival pilgrimage was no longer made to the familiar local sanctuary with its hoary associations of ancient heroic or patriarchal story, but to a distant and comparatively unfamiliar city with its stately shrine and priesthood.
Pliny (Epp. 96) states that he had never taken part in formal trials of Christians, and was therefore unfamiliar with precedents as to the extent of the investigation.
Through the door came the sounds of Kutuzov's voice, excited and dissatisfied, interrupted by another, an unfamiliar voice.
The bibliography from Poetics Today includes unfamiliar material on semiotics approaches to culture.
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The cave came alive with unfamiliar noises as stalactites dripped and splattered on the sand and rock.
Nor is he unfamiliar with the subtleties of the Greek language.