Standard Lemma guide

unaccustomed

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH2 N AH0 K AH1 S T AH0 M D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He is unaccustomed to the cold.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

To which one is not accustomed, unfamiliar

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of unaccustom

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

not habituated to; unfamiliar with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unaccustomed to wearing suits

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: accustomed

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

not customary or usual

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an unaccustomed pleasure
  • many varieties of unaccustomed foods
  • a new budget of unaccustomed austerity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- English accustom English -ed English accustomed English unaccustomed From un- + accustomed.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: непривикнал (nepriviknal) — not accustomed
  • Danish: uvant — not accustomed
  • Ido: nekustumala — not accustomed
  • Ido: nekustumata — not accustomed
  • Ido: nekustumanta — not accustomed
  • Irish: ainchleachta — not accustomed
  • Irish: neamhchleachtach — not accustomed
  • Irish: núíosach — not accustomed
  • Latin: insuētus — not accustomed
  • Latin: insolens — not accustomed
  • Manx: anchliaghtagh — not accustomed
  • Manx: anoayllagh — not accustomed
  • Manx: anoayltagh — not accustomed
  • Manx: neuchliaghtagh — not accustomed
  • Manx: neuoayllagh — not accustomed
  • Māori: tahangoi — not accustomed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uvant — not accustomed
  • Russian: непривыкший (neprivykšij) — not accustomed
  • Swedish: ovan — not accustomed
  • Esperanto: nekutima — unfamiliar