Meanings
adjectiveuncustomary (comparative more uncustomary, superlative most uncustomary)
comparative more uncustomary · superlative most uncustomary
- Not customary.
He had kept it cryptic on the phone; that plus the uncustomary afternoon meeting would warn the jeweler that it was serious.
2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 288
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishcustomary
- Englishuncustomary
Cite this entry
APA
uncustomary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncustomary
MLA
“uncustomary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncustomary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncustomary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncustomary.
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