"unusual" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ʌnˈjuːʒuəl/, /ʌnˈjuːʒəl/ Audio: en-us-unusual.ogg Forms: more unusual [comparative], most unusual [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + usual. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|usual}} un- + usual Head templates: {{en-adj}} unusual (comparative more unusual, superlative most unusual)
  1. Not usual, out of the ordinary. Synonyms: uncommon, rare, extraordinary, remarkable, strange Derived forms: unusually, unusualness Translations (not usual): ἀήθης (aḗthēs) (Ancient Greek), ἄτοπος (átopos) (Ancient Greek), արտասովոր (artasovor) (Armenian), нязвы́чны (njazvýčny) (Belarusian), нязвы́клы (njazvýkly) (Belarusian), необикновен (neobiknoven) (Bulgarian), inusual (Catalan), 稀有 (xīyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), neobvyklý [masculine] (Czech), usædvanlig (Danish), ongebruikelijk (Dutch), ongewoon (Dutch), nekutima (Esperanto), neordinara (Esperanto), veider (Estonian), erikoinen (Finnish), epätavallinen (Finnish), inhabituel (French), insolite (French), inusuel (French), უჩვეულო (učveulo) (Georgian), ungewöhnlich (German), unüblich (German), ungebräuchlich (German), ασυνήθιστος (asyníthistos) (Greek), szokatlan (Hungarian), insolito (Italian), particolare (Italian), inusuale (Italian), 珍しい (mezurashii) (alt: めずらしい) (Japanese), ēnormis (Latin), insuētus (Latin), insolens (Latin), neparasts (Latvian), svešāds (Latvian), savāds (Latvian), нео́бичен (neóbičen) (Macedonian), neuoayllagh (Manx), neuchadjin (Manx), uvanlig (Norwegian Bokmål), unġewunelīċ (Old English), besonda (Plautdietsch), niezwykły (Polish), niecodzienny [masculine] (Polish), inesperado (Portuguese), inusual (Portuguese), ciudat (Romanian), insolit (Romanian), neobișnuit (Romanian), необы́чный (neobýčnyj) (Russian), необыкнове́нный (neobyknovénnyj) (Russian), اَݨہوْوَݨاں (aṇhovaṇāṉ) (Seraiki), inusual (Spanish), inusitado (Spanish), desusado (Spanish), ovanlig (Swedish), alışılmadık (Turkish), olağandışı (Turkish), незви́чний (nezvýčnyj) (Ukrainian), незвича́йний (nezvyčájnyj) (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unusuall [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /ʌnˈjuːʒuəl/, /ʌnˈjuːʒəl/ Audio: en-us-unusual.ogg Forms: unusuals [plural]
Etymology: From un- + usual. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|usual}} un- + usual Head templates: {{en-noun}} unusual (plural unusuals)
  1. Something that is unusual; an anomaly.
    Sense id: en-unusual-en-noun-y5RasuGM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unusuall [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "nekutima"
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          "code": "eo",
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          "word": "neordinara"
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          "word": "epätavallinen"
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          "sense": "not usual",
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          "sense": "not usual",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "učveulo",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "უჩვეულო"
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          "sense": "not usual",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not usual",
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          "word": "ἄτοπος"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "insolito"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "particolare"
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        {
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "alt": "めずらしい",
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          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "珍しい"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "insuētus"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "insolens"
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          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "neparasts"
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          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "besonda"
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          "sense": "not usual",
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          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "inesperado"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "inusual"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "ciudat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "insolit"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "neobișnuit"
        },
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          "roman": "neobýčnyj",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "необы́чный"
        },
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          "roman": "neobyknovénnyj",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "необыкнове́нный"
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        {
          "code": "skr",
          "lang": "Seraiki",
          "roman": "aṇhovaṇāṉ",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "اَݨہوْوَݨاں"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "inusual"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "inusitado"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "desusado"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "ovanlig"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "alışılmadık"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not usual",
          "word": "olağandışı"
        },
        {
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