adjective
- Not usual or common or ordinary.
- usage: "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"
- Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird.
- usage: "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"
- synonyms: strange
- Not commonly encountered.
- usage: "two-career families are no longer unusual"
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