Unfamiliarity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

unusualness as a consequence of not being well known

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʌnfəmˌɪliˈæɹᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/ʌnfəmˌɪliˈaɹɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʌnfəmˌɪliˈaɹɪti/

6 syllables Say it as /ʌnfəmˌɪliˈæɹᵻɾi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

strangeness

Antonyms

familiarity

Word Forms

unfamiliar	adjective	not known or well known
strange	adjective	not known before

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unbekanntheit

Ungewöhnlichkeit als Folge mangelnder Bekanntheit

🇫🇷French

méconnaissance

caractère inhabituel dû au fait qu'il n'est pas bien connu

🇪🇸Spanish

desconocimiento

inusual como consecuencia de no ser bien conocido

🇮🇹Italian

non familiarità

inusuale come conseguenza di non essere molto conosciuto

🇳🇱Dutch

onbekendheid

ongewoonheid als gevolg van het niet algemeen bekend zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

desconhecimento

incomum como consequência de não ser bem conhecido

🇷🇺Russian

незнакомство

необычность как следствие малоизвестности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अलोकप्रियता

अच्छी तरह से ज्ञात न होने के परिणामस्वरूप असामान्यता

🇧🇩Bengali

অপরিচিত

সুপরিচিত না হওয়ার ফলে অস্বাভাবিকতা

🇮🇳Tamil

அறிமுகமின்மை

நன்கு அறியப்படாததன் விளைவாக அசாதாரணமானது

🇮🇳Telugu

తెలియనితనం

అసాధారణత అనేది బాగా తెలియకపోవడం యొక్క పర్యవసానంగా

🇮🇳Marathi

अपरिचितता

सुप्रसिद्ध नसल्याचा परिणाम म्हणून असामान्यता

🇮🇳Gujarati

અપરિચિતતા

જાણીતા ન હોવાના પરિણામે અસામાન્યતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಪರಿಚಿತತೆ

ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿದಿಲ್ಲದ ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അപരിചിതത്വം

അറിയപ്പെടാത്തതിൻ്റെ അനന്തരഫലമായി അസാധാരണത്വം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਣਜਾਣਤਾ

ਚੰਗੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਨਾ ਜਾਣ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਅਸਧਾਰਨਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناواقفیت

معروف نہ ہونے کے نتیجے میں غیر معمولی پن

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不熟悉

由于不为人所知而导致的不寻常

🇯🇵Japanese

不慣れさ

あまり知られていないことによる異常さ

🇰🇷Korean

낯설음

잘 알려지지 않은 결과로 인한 특이성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự xa lạ

sự bất thường do hậu quả của việc không được nhiều người biết đến

🇹🇭Thai

ความไม่คุ้นเคย

ความผิดปกติอันเป็นผลจากการไม่เป็นที่รู้จัก

🇮🇩Indonesian

ketidaktahuan

keanehan sebagai akibat dari tidak dikenalnya

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi pamilyar

kakaiba bilang resulta ng hindi pagiging kilala

🇲🇾Malay

ketidakbiasaan

luar biasa akibat tidak dikenali

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عدم الإلمام

غرابة نتيجة لعدم شهرة

🇮🇷Persian

ناآشنایی

غیرعادی بودن در نتیجه ناشناخته بودن

🇹🇷Turkish

yabancılık

Tanınmamanın bir sonucu olarak olağandışılık

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוסר היכרות

חריגות כתוצאה מכך שלא היו מוכרים היטב

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The primary meaning of 'unfamiliarity' is 'unusualness as a consequence of not being well known'.

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