unfamiliarity

un·fa·mil·iar  (nf-mlyr)

adj.

1. Not being acquainted; not conversant: unfamiliar with the roads here.

2. Not within one's knowledge; strange: unfamiliar faces.

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unfa·mil·iari·ty (-ml-yr-t, -ml-r-t) n.

unfa·miliar·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known strangeness unusualness - uncommonness by virtue of being unusual queerness, quirk, quirkiness, oddity, crotchet - a strange attitude or habit eeriness, ghostliness - strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear freakishness, abnormality - marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal singularity - strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual bizarreness, outlandishness, weirdness - strikingly out of the ordinary quaintness - strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness" eccentricity - strange and unconventional behavior familiarity - usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known

Translations

unfamiliarity [ˈʌnfəˌmɪlɪˈærɪtɪ] N → falta f de familiaridad

unfamiliarity [ˌʌnfəmɪliˈærɪti] n

(= lack of knowledge) → méconnaissance f
unfamiliarity with sth → méconnaissance de qch

unfamiliarity

n

(= strangeness, novelty, of experience, taste, sight, surroundings) → Ungewohntheit f; (of subject, person) → Fremdheit f, → Unbekanntheit f

(= lack of acquaintance) his unfamiliarity with economics → sein Mangel m → an ökonomischem Wissen; because of my unfamiliarity with … → wegen meiner mangelnden Kenntnisse (+gen) → … or Vertrautheit mit …