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Definition of unacquainted :
1. Not acquainted.
2. Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.
Synonyms:
uninformed, unknowing, ignorant, innocent, unconscious, in the dark, unenlightened, unaware, knowledge, unacquainted with, oblivious, unfamiliar, unfamiliar with, unwitting
ignorant (part of speech: adjective)
not intimate, unknown, aloof, not introduced, not on speaking terms, incommunicado, withdrawn, isolated, strange, out of touch, secluded, apart
Usage examples:
- While looking for some poles for our hut, I saw on the branch of a tree overhanging the water, gazing down upon us, a hideous monster, fully five feet long, which at the first glance I took to be a species of alligator with which I was unacquainted. - "On the Banks of the Amazon", W.H.G. Kingston.
- To any one unacquainted with foreign ways, a complete rupture of international peace and relations seemed imminent. - "Flamsted quarries", Mary E. Waller.
- As he knew who she was when he received her from the chaste arms of Barras, and is not unacquainted with her subsequent intrigues particularly during his stay in Egypt- policy may influence a behaviour which has some resemblance to esteem. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.