Antonyms for unacquainted


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-kweyn-tid
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkweɪn tɪd


Definition of unacquainted

Origin :
  • 1520s, from un- (1) "not" + acquainted.
  • adj unfamiliar with
Example sentences :
  • If you happen to be unacquainted with its authentic history, so much the better.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • She felt the awkwardness of being surrounded by people with whom she was unacquainted.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • His brother; imagining he had gone abroad, was unacquainted with his danger.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • You can see that he is unacquainted with our little mountains!
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • I am unacquainted with the nature of all the papers she received, but I well remember the agony they seemed to inflict on her.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
  • This Prince was not unacquainted with the morality of his sectaries.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
  • But uneducated colonists, who are unacquainted with each other, will not be likely to choose well.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • Indeed, there are facts known to me with which she is unacquainted.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • I am sorry, Tiernay, very sorry, that you are unacquainted with the language.'
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
  • It is possible he was unacquainted with the word, but he had a clear perception of the thing itself.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for unacquainted

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