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unwonted

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8 lettersPronunciation /ʌnˈwɑntɪd/Part of speech adjectiveSorted dennotuwStarts with UEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. unaccustomed or unusual

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Be of comfort; / My father's of a better nature, sir, / Than he appears by speech: this is unwonted, / Which now came from him.
  • After the first flutter of conscious delight which his entrance had caused, she was able to talk to him cheerfully, and her spirits rose with the unwonted enjoyment.
  • And Rick with unwonted diffidence had accepted his exclusion. Now with the same diffidence he came, looking trim and loving and mysteriously humble.

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