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unusualness

/uhn-yoo-zhoo-uhl, -yoozh-wuhl/US // ʌnˈyu ʒu əl, -ˈyuʒ wəl //UK // (ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl) //

异常性,不寻常性,不寻常,异乎寻常

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inunnaturalness
as inabnormality

Examples

  • Plants that were underappreciated or a little unusual are doing well with consumers.

  • The books spelled out mathematical theorems from the ground up without skipping any steps — exhibiting an unusual degree of thoroughness among mathematicians.

  • For Smith to get a non-prosecution agreement for cooperation is very unusual.

  • She discovers that he has unusual electromagnetic powers that tend to run out of control whenever Eric's stress and anxiety ramp up—which, alas, is quite often, given his circumstances.

  • Those unusual circumstances created gaps in the evidence, leaving big questions in some scientists’ minds about whether the drug is effective.

  • Bartley spent the forenoon with Cheyenne, prowling about the old town, interested in its quaint unusualness.

  • Conscious of the unusualness of the occasion, he boldly ignored the rules of decorum and etiquette.

  • Perhaps it was the unusualness of my speaking with feeling that caused the tears to start in his eyes.

  • They had never walked together before, of course; but they hardly thought of the unusualness.

  • The elastic nature of the clasp-garter is self-demonstration of the unusualness of the abbreviation.