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The definition of unfamiliar is strange, or something not already known.

(adjective)

An example of unfamiliar is the neighborhood of a new town.
An example of unfamiliar is the family of a new girlfriend.

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See unfamiliar in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

not familiar or well-known; strange
having no acquaintance (with); not conversant: unfamiliar with the novels of Kafka

Related Forms:

unfamiliarity noun
unfamiliarly adverb

See unfamiliar in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Not being acquainted; not conversant: unfamiliar with the roads here.
Not within one's knowledge; strange: unfamiliar faces.

Related Forms:

unˌfa·mil·iarˈi·ty (-mĭl-yărˈĭ-tē, -mĭlˌē-ărˈĭ-tē) noun

unˌfa·milˈiar·ly adverb

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