unused to
idiom
: not familiar or comfortable with (something) : not used to (something)
He is unused to large crowds.
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Higher temperatures and changing weather patterns make the environmental conditions ripe for outbreaks in new places unused to the disease.
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Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 2 May 2024
The loss was painfully embarrassing for a politician unused to defeat.
—Michael H. Brown, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
Brazil’s criminal networks span many borders, so reversing the trend will require deep international cooperation of the kind not only that Brasília is unused to but that its foreign policy elites have also traditionally rejected.
—Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2024
The brutality shocked a nation previously unused to this level of violence, especially as those responsible were Shiite clergymen, men of God.
—Kasra Naji, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
However, the product should be untouched and unused to continue the refund process.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
Workers on the upper floors of downtown high-rises felt it most, with swaying lights causing consternation in a city unused to shaking.
—Quakebot, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
The bloodshed sent shockwaves through a Balkan nation scarred by wars, but unused to mass murders.
—Jovana Gec and Dusan Stojanovic, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
The incident sent shockwaves through a nation unused to mass murders.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
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Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 2 May 2024
The loss was painfully embarrassing for a politician unused to defeat.
—Michael H. Brown, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
Brazil’s criminal networks span many borders, so reversing the trend will require deep international cooperation of the kind not only that Brasília is unused to but that its foreign policy elites have also traditionally rejected.
—Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2024
The brutality shocked a nation previously unused to this level of violence, especially as those responsible were Shiite clergymen, men of God.
—Kasra Naji, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
However, the product should be untouched and unused to continue the refund process.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
Workers on the upper floors of downtown high-rises felt it most, with swaying lights causing consternation in a city unused to shaking.
—Quakebot, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
The bloodshed sent shockwaves through a Balkan nation scarred by wars, but unused to mass murders.
—Jovana Gec and Dusan Stojanovic, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
The incident sent shockwaves through a nation unused to mass murders.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
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“Unused to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unused%20to. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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