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unusual

  • /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/

adjective more unusual · most unusual · unusuall

  1. Not usual, out of the ordinary. Every once in a while, though, Idol comes across an unusual talent who just blows everyone away.

    Similar: uncommon, rare, extraordinary, remarkable, aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, curious · Opposite: normal, usual, common, ordinary

noun unusuals · unusuall

  1. Something that is unusual; an anomaly. I should say that it was very unusual for such men to leave a bottle half empty. How do all these unusuals strike you, Watson?

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Closest in meaning: odd, strange, uncommon, peculiar, weird, unaccustomed, eerie, freaky, unique, eery, exotic, grotesque, singular, different, quaint, extraordinary

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adj not usual

Españolinusual, inusitado
日本語珍しい mezurashii
中文稀有 xīyǒu
Portuguêsinesperado, inusual
Françaisinhabituel, insolite
Deutschungewöhnlich, unüblich, ungebräuchlich
Italianoinsolito, particolare, inusuale
Ελληνικάασυνήθιστος asyníthistos
Românăciudat, insolit, neobișnuit
Русскийнеобы́чный neobýčnyj, необыкнове́нный neobyknovénnyj

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@misc{unusual_2026,
  title = {unusual},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unusual},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}