Examples of unaccustomed

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They had grown unaccustomed to using their power of collective action.
Where a letter of request is addressed to a foreign court, that court may be unaccustomed to the process of cross-examination.
Because, as these things are of later date, so are they infantile ; so are they unaccustomed to, and unexercised in, perfect discipline.
On the other hand, the great news that the armistice has been signed filled us with unaccustomed joy.
A taste of aviational culture in rural districts unaccustomed to aircraft proved to be a winning recipe.
To listeners unaccustomed to detailed depiction of the words, these unusual features must have been readily apparent.
Non-citizens may also be unaccustomed to a political system that allows meaningful participation.
Another common cause is inadequate dietary intake, which may be coupled with unaccustomed exercise such as spring-cleaning or a shopping trip.
Such a dialogue, between objectivit(ies) unaccustomed to conversing with each other, reveals unnoticed links in the network of international relations.
The unaccustomed listener reaches a nonsense result.
Probably these fish are unaccustomed to see pupae, for in the pools they inhabit the larvae would be very unlikely ever to reach that stage of development.
Subjects in the critical experimental condition then experienced a single conditioning trial in which the target stimulus was presented in the unaccustomed context and was followed by shock.
Generally unaccustomed to expressing themselves in writing, and obviously not part of modern confessional culture, most authors expressed themselves briefly and bluntly, using a terse, concise language.
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