unfamiliarityn.
/ˌʌnfəˌmɪlɪˈarᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənfəˌmɪliˈɛrədi/, /ˌənfəˌmɪlˈjɛrədi/ (un- prefix1 6.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unwontedness or unusualness
unusualness1579
unusednessa1586
unwontedness1591
insolency?1612
insolencea1631
uncommonness1705
unfamiliarity1755
unusuality1799
out-of-the-wayness1800
unaccustomedness1866
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun]
unwitc1175
uncunningnessa1325
uncunninghead1340
uncunningshipa1400
rawness1548
unskill1565
disacquaintance1589
inexperience1595
inacquaintance1597
unacquaintance1598
unaccustomedness1611
unacquaintednessa1617
illiteracy1660
greenness1740
griffinishness1850
unfamiliarity1880
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unaccustomedness to something > unfamiliarity or inexperience
inexperience1595
inexperiencedness1725
infamiliarity1866
unfamiliarity1880
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. C 2 How shall it be..recalled again..when it has once by disuse become unfamiliar, and by unfamiliarity unpleasing.
1861 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. (1865) 62/2 The only serious obstacle is the unfamiliarity... But unfamiliarity is a disadvantage which..it only requires time to remove.
1880 J. Muirhead in tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 274 (note) An inaccuracy, due..to his unfamiliarity with a procedure that had become a mere matter of history.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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