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Unwonted

//ʌnˈwɑntɪd// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not customary or habitual; unusual; infrequent; strange.

    "Be of comfort; / My father's of a better nature, sir, / Than he appears by speech: this is unwonted, / Which now came from him."

  2. 2
    Unused (to); unaccustomed (to) something. archaic
Adjective
  1. 1
    unaccustomed or unusual wordnet

Etymology

From un- + wonted. Redundant in form, as wont is by itself historically the participle adjective. Largely displaced earlier unwont.

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