unfamiliar with (something)

idiom

: not having any knowledge of something

I'm unfamiliar with that subject/language.

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The agent driving the car was new and unfamiliar with the back roads. —

Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024 Before Eras, Swift had other plans to reach listeners who were either unfamiliar with her artistry or who had a complicated relationship with it because of the extramusical narrative that followed her. —

Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024 But because control measures have been so effective over the last half a century, today’s ranchers are unfamiliar with how to identify and treat screwworm infestations. —

Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024 Isaac is not unfamiliar with the terrain, having played a Dylan-adjacent folk singer in the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis. —

Tom Tapp, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unfamiliar with (something)

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“Unfamiliar with (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfamiliar%20with%20%28something%29. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.

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