Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - unfamiliar

1. If something is unfamiliar to you, you know nothing or very little about it, because you have not seen or experienced it before. She grew many wonderful plants that were unfamiliar to me... I was alone in an unfamiliar city. ? familiar ADJ: oft ADJ to n • unfamiliarity ...problems which arise from the newness of the approach and its unfamiliarity to prisoners. ? familiarity N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss 2. If you are unfamiliar with something, it is unfamiliar to you. She speaks no Japanese and is unfamiliar with Japanese culture. ADJ: v-link ADJ with n • unfamiliarity ...her unfamiliarity with the politics of the region. N-UNCOUNT: N with n