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unusualness

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition or state of being unusual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abnormality, remarkableness, weirdness, abnormalcy, abnormalism, abnormity, anomalousness, atypicality, crotchet, deviancy, eccentricity, enormity, extraordinariness, freakishness, irregularity, nonnormality, oddity, oddness, peculiarness, queerhood, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, rumness, strangeness, unusuality, unusualness

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something unusual; an aberration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deviance, oddity, outlier, aberrant, abnormality, anomaly, deviant, farlie, freak, irregularity, odd fish, peculiarity, queerness, rarity, rum, strange fish, strangeness, unusualness, weirdness

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

uncommonness by virtue of being unusual

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: usualness

Broader terms: uncommonness

Narrower terms: unfamiliarity, strangeness

History

Etymology

From unusual + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Latvian: neparastība — state of being unusual
  • Latvian: neparastums — state of being unusual
  • Polish: niezwykłość — state of being unusual