UNUSUAL as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • not commonly encountered

    Usage Example(s)
    • two-career families are no longer unusual

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  2. Meaning
    • not usual or common or ordinary

    Usage Example(s)
    • a scene of unusual beauty
    • a man of unusual ability
    • cruel and unusual punishment
    • an unusual meteorite

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  3. Meaning
    • being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected
    • slightly odd or even a bit weird

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    • a strange exaltation that was indefinable
    • a strange fantastical mind
    • what a strange sense of humor she has

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