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unaccustomed

[uhn-uh-kuhs-tuhmd] / ˌʌn əˈkʌs təmd /




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Breuer’s evangelizing has made him an important public figure in a country unaccustomed to seeing and hearing from men in uniform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana -- southern states unaccustomed to intense winter weather and the bone-chilling cold that's forecast to continue for much of the next week -- were especially impacted.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

For Sarah, a 34-year-old marketer in Michigan, the summer of 2022 was a season flush with unaccustomed success.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Syd, unaccustomed to elevators, let alone crowded ones, had to be pulled in, then splat like a cartoon character on the floor each time there was a shift down.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

All summer they looked at his pinned-up sleeve with the surprised, unaccustomed faces his fellow islanders had stopped making.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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