unacquaintance

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noun

The state or condition of being unacquainted; unfamiliarity with something.

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Meanings

noununacquaintance (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being unacquainted; unfamiliarity with something.

    The first organs which Gall excogitated, he placed in the region of the sinus; and it is manifest he was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity.

    a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC

Origin

From un- + acquaintance.

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APA

unacquaintance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unacquaintance

MLA

“unacquaintance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unacquaintance. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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