unfamiliar

Definitions

Not known or recognized; strange.

Not having knowledge or experience of something.

Examples

I felt nervous because I was walking through an unfamiliar neighborhood at night.

The software interface was completely unfamiliar to me, so I had to read the manual.

She heard an unfamiliar melody drifting from the house next door.

Synonyms

unknown strange foreign unaccustomed novel unexplored alien

Antonyms

familiar known common accustomed usual recognized well-known