unusualness

Example Sentences

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A woman conductor leading a brand-new work by a woman composer is still noteworthy and surprising for its unusualness — a rarer event than it ought to be.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

For “Tenet,” visuals had to tout an unusualness that was grounded in the real world.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2021

Brietzke told me the unspoken message the victims received was that, as a result of this unusualness, the women would “have to be patient” and excuse any screw-ups along the way.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2019

We can begin now by using the standard deviation as a measure of "unusualness."

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

I did not sleep much, but passed a comfortable night, for my bed, though hard, was warm and clean: the unusualness of my situation prevented me from sleeping. 

From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell