unwonted

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNWONTED, adjective 1. Unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as a child unwonted to strangers; sea calves unwonted to fresh water. 2. Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare; as an unwonted meteor; unwonted changes.
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