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unfamiliar

 adjective
     
un‧fa‧mil‧i‧ar
1 not known to you
unfamiliar surroundings/place/environment etc
She stood on deck to gaze at the unfamiliar surroundings.
a crowd of unfamiliar faces
unfamiliar to
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2

be unfamiliar with something

to not have any experience of something:
We were unfamiliar with the neighbourhood.
—unfamiliarity noun [uncountable]
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