What does UNUSUAL mean?
Definitions for UNUSUAL
ʌnˈyu ʒu əl, -ˈyuʒ wəlun·usu·al
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Princeton's WordNet
unusualadjective
not usual or common or ordinary
"a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"
strange, unusualadjective
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
"a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"
unusualadjective
not commonly encountered
"two-career families are no longer unusual"
Wiktionary
unusualadjective
Unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm.
His behavior was unusual in that it was considered childish for a man of his age.
unusualadjective
More than usual.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unusualadjective
Not common; not frequent; rare.
With this unusual and strange course they went on, till God, in whose heaviest worldly judgments I nothing doubt but that there may lie hidden mercy, gave them over to their own inventions. Richard Hooker.
You gain your point, if your industrious art
Can make unusual words easy and plain. Wentworth Dillon.A sprightly red vermilions all her face;
And her eyes languish with unusual grace. George Granville.That peculiar turn, that the words should appear new, yet not unusual, but very proper to his auditors. Henry Felton.
The river flows redundant, and attacks
The ling’ring remnant with unusual tide. Philips.
Wikipedia
Unusual
Unusual is a song by American recording artist Trey Songz, released as the fourth official single from his fourth studio album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure (2010). featuring Drake. It is produced by Pop & Oak, Dexter Wansel, Ezekiel Lewis and Drake.
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unusual
Unusual refers to something that is not commonly encountered, seen, or experienced; something that deviates from what is typical, standard, normal, or expected.
Webster Dictionary
Unusualadjective
not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unusual
un-ū′zhū-al, adj. not usual or common.—n. Unusual′ity, rarity.—adv. Unū′sually.—n. Unū′sualness.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'UNUSUAL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2528
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'UNUSUAL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2675
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'UNUSUAL' in Adjectives Frequency: #325
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of UNUSUAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of UNUSUAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of UNUSUAL in a Sentence
This is largely a problem when it comes to severe disease, the disease that requires hospitalization, it's among the unvaccinated. It really is pretty unusual to have a vaccinated person be hospitalized. Most of those people tend to be older and very, very frail. They never were able to respond to the vaccine, and we have the occasional immunocompromised person whose immune system also couldn't respond optimally to the vaccine, so the unvaccinated continue to be the big highway of transmission. The vaccinated, they're little side streets. Let's not get preoccupied with that. We need to get more people vaccinated.
Bottom-line results were unexpected and reflect the unusual environment, walmart CEO Doug McMillon inflation levels, particularly in food and fuel, created more pressure.
Three years is a long time in national politics, i don’t think it’s that unusual for Democrats with 2020 aspirations to get on board with that vote.
It's unusual during the press tour with a cast of that size to present only one actor, so it's clear they see a big star in her.
The situation in Libya continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.
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- غير عاديArabic
- необикновенBulgarian
- inusualCatalan, Valencian
- neobvyklýCzech
- ungewöhnlichGerman
- ασυνήθηςGreek
- nekutimaEsperanto
- erikoinen, epätavallinenFinnish
- insolite, inhabituelFrench
- արտասովորArmenian
- particolare, insolitoItalian
- בלתי שגרתיHebrew
- 珍しいです, 珍しいJapanese
- svešāds, neparasts, savādsLatvian
- ongewoon, ongebruikelijkDutch
- inesperadoPortuguese
- neobișnuit, neuzual, ciudat, insolitRomanian
- необыкновенный, необычныйRussian
- ovanligSwedish
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