unwonted
pronunciation
How to pronounce unwonted in British English:
UK [ʌnˈwəʊntɪd]
How to pronounce unwonted in American English:
US [ʌnˈwoʊntɪd]
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- Adjective:
- out of the ordinary
Word Origin
- unwonted (adj.)
- "not usual," 1550s, from un- (1) "not" + wonted. Earlier (and more correctly) unwont (c. 1400).
Example
- 1. An unwonted sensation of buoyancy and freedom .
- 2. He sprang to the telehone with unwonted vigour .
- 3. This unwonted substitution of warm for cold waters had disastrous effects upon the fish .
- 4. There was nothing to interrupt the old man in his unwonted study .
- 5. The broker seemed to have got hold of the very churches ; for their spires rose into the sky with an unwonted air . Even the sky itself was changed , and had an execution in it plainly .