unacquainted
UKʌnəkweintid
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Derived from the prefix 'un-' meaning 'not', 'acquainted' from Old French 'acointier', from Latin 'accognitus', past participle of 'accognoscere' to acknowledge, and 'with' from Old English 'wið' meaning 'against, from, with'.
مثال
- I am unacquainted with the procedures of this office.
- She was unacquainted with the local customs and traditions.
- Being unacquainted with the language, he found it difficult to communicate.
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- not knowledgeable about something specified “American tourists wholly innocent of French” “a person unacquainted with our customs”
- having little or no knowledge of “unacquainted with city ways”