unacquainted

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Unacquainted as she is with any kind of womanly work, what office will Krishna, the daughter of Drupada, perform?

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Unacquainted as I was with their customs, I took it for granted from their wretched appearance that poverty and destitution formed one of the sources of their affliction.

From Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest by Kinzie, Juliette Augusta Magill

Unacquainted with Portugal, our apologist was evidently in ignorance of the fact that the name of Souza is almost as common in that country as the name of Smith in this.

From The Snare by Sabatini, Rafael

Unacquainted with the secret motives of Waldegrave and his sister, it is impossible for me to weigh the probabilities of their rectitude.

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

Unacquainted with the niceties of diplomacy, impatient at the formalities of international law, they soon made it known that in spite of Mexican sovereignty they would be their own masters.

From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)