unacquainted

Example Sentences

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For those unacquainted with a typewriter, it was once a popular machine for writing on paper.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2023

But residents aren’t completely dependent on income from people passing through, nor are they unacquainted with profound change.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2022

For those unacquainted with the world of eggplants, they can be . . . finicky.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2022

And young, unacquainted with despair and allergic to the idea that anything is too late.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2021

Nurse Cramer was a good- hearted, sentimental creature who rejoiced unselfishly at news of -weddings, engagements, births and anniversaries even though she was unacquainted with any of the people involved.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller