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UNACQUAINTED WITH
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having little or no knowledge of
Example:
unacquainted with city ways
Synonyms:
unacquainted; unacquainted with; unfamiliar with
Classified under:
Similar:
unfamiliar (not known or well known)
Context examples:
Were we among the tamer scenes of nature I might fear to encounter your unbelief, perhaps your ridicule; but many things will appear possible in these wild and mysterious regions which would provoke the laughter of those unacquainted with the ever-varied powers of nature; nor can I doubt but that my tale conveys in its series internal evidence of the truth of the events of which it is composed.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
