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Unacquainted With

Definition: Unacquainted With

Unacquainted With

Adjective

1. Not knowledgeable about something specified; "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs".

2. Having little or no knowledge of; "unacquainted with city ways".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Unacquainted With

Synonyms: innocent of(p) (adj), unacquainted with(p) (adj), unacquainted(p) (adj), unfamiliar with(p) (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Unacquainted With

English words defined with "unacquainted with": innocent oftownee. (references)
Specialty definitions using "unacquainted with": Ague-cheekGreen as GrassIGNORAMUS. (references)

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Familiar Quotations: Unacquainted With

AuthorQuotation

Homer

Friends, we have not till now been unacquainted with misfortunes.

Horace

Those unacquainted with the world take pleasures in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Unacquainted With

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about. Dumble was an ignoramus, Mumble was for learning famous. Mumble said one day to Dumble: "Ignorance should be more humble. Not a spark have you of knowledge That was got in any college." Dumble said to Mumble: "Truly You're self-satisfied unduly. Of things in college I'm denied A knowledge -- you of all beside." Borelli

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Expressions: Unacquainted With

Expressions using "unacquainted with": be unacquainted with be unacquainted with poverty be unacquainted with smth. be unacquainted with the facts be unacquainted with the situation. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Unacquainted With

Language Translations for "unacquainted with"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

neznat co (be unacquainted with smth., unfamiliar with), nebýt obeznámen se situací (be unacquainted with the situation). (various references)

   

French

  

ne pas connaître (be unacquainted with), ne pas être au courant de (be unacquainted with). (various references)

   

German

  

mit den tatsachen nicht vertraut sein (be unacquainted with the facts), die armut nicht kennen (be unacquainted with poverty). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acquaintedunay ithway

   

Turkish

  

tanımamak (abnegate, be unacquainted with, disclaim, disown, not to know, not to recognize, renounce, repudiate), tanışmamak (be unacquainted with). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Unacquainted With

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

ignarus, ignotae, ignotas, ignoti, ignoto, ignotos, ignotus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Unacquainted With

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-h-i-i-n-n-q-t-t-u-u-w"

-4 letters: unacquainted.

-5 letters: inauthentic, unauthentic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Familiar
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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