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2 ADJ If you are unused to something, you have not often done it or experienced it before, so it feels unusual and unfamiliar to you. □ [+ to ] Mother was entirely unused to such hard work.

un|usual ◆◇◇ /ʌnjuː ʒuəl/

1 ADJ If something is unusual , it does not happen very often or you do not see it or hear it very often. □  They have replanted many areas with rare and unusual plants. □  To be appreciated as a parent is quite unusual.

2 ADJ If you describe someone as unusual , you think that they are interesting and different from other people. □  He was an unusual man with great business talents.

un|usu|al|ly /ʌnjuː ʒuəli/

1 ADV [ADV adj] You use unusually to emphasize that someone or something has more of a particular quality than is usual. [EMPHASIS ] □  He was an unusually complex man. □  …this year's unusually harsh winter.

2 ADV You can use unusually to suggest that something is not what normally happens. □  Unusually among British prime ministers, he was not a man of natural authority. [Also + for ]

un|ut|ter|able /ʌnʌ tərəb ^ə l/ ADJ [ADJ n] You can use unutterable to emphasize that something, especially a bad quality, is great in degree or intensity. [WRITTEN , EMPHASIS ] □  …unutterable rubbish. ●  un|ut|ter|ably /ʌnʌ tərəbli/ ADV [usu ADV adj] □  I suddenly felt unutterably depressed.

un|vary|ing /ʌnveə ri I ŋ/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe something as unvarying , you mean that it stays the same and never changes. □  …her unvarying refusal to make public appearances.

un|veil /ʌ nve I l/ (unveils , unveiling , unveiled )

1 VERB If someone formally unveils something such as a new statue or painting, they draw back the curtain which is covering it. □ [V n] …a ceremony to unveil a monument to the victims. ●  un|veil|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …the unveiling of a monument to one of the Croatian heroes of the past.

2 VERB If you unveil a plan, new product, or some other thing that has been kept secret, you introduce it to the public. □ [V n] Companies from across the country are here to unveil their latest models. ●  un|veil|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …the unveiling of a detailed peace plan.

un|waged /ʌ nwe I dʒd/ N‑PLURAL You can refer to people who do not have a paid job as the unwaged . [BRIT , BUSINESS ] □  There are special rates for the under 18s, full-time students, over 60s and the unwaged. ● ADJ Unwaged is also an adjective. □  …the effect on male wage-earners, unwaged females, and children.

un|want|ed /ʌ nwɒ nt I d/ ADJ If you say that something or someone is unwanted , you mean that you do not want them, or that nobody wants them. □  …the misery of unwanted pregnancies. □  She felt unwanted. □  Every year thousands of unwanted animals are abandoned.

un|war|rant|ed /ʌ nwɒ rənt I d, [AM ] -wɔː r-/ ADJ If you describe something as unwarranted , you are critical of it because there is no need or reason for it. [FORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  Any attempt to discuss human rights was rejected as unwarranted interference. □  He accused the police of using unwarranted brutality.

un|wary /ʌnweə ri/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe someone as unwary , you mean that they are not cautious or experienced and are therefore likely to be harmed or deceived. [FORMAL ] □  With its quicksands the river usually drowns a few unwary visitors every season. ● N‑SING The unwary are people who are unwary. □  Specialist subjects are full of pitfalls for the unwary.

un|washed /ʌ nwɒ ʃt/