not known or well known; " a name unfamiliar to most"; " be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"

Not familiar.

Not rendered agreeable by frequent use; not accustomed.

For a long time he lay there wondering where he could be and how he came to be in this unfamiliar place. – Her Weight in Gold by George Barr McCutcheon

But the other shape was as unfamiliar as it was unexpected- that of a human being. – Dusty Star by Olaf Baker

Through this stole another thought- vague, unfamiliar yet seemingly of truth's own essence. – The Metal Monster by A. Merritt

The architecture was not entirely unfamiliar – The Panchronicon by Harold Steele Mackaye

Any of my readers to whom this thought is unfamiliar have only to look at their own experience in order to see how reasonable it is. – The New Theology by R. J. Campbell

Patty got out, and looked a little apprehensively at the unfamiliar surroundings. – Patty's Success by Carolyn Wells

The young man could not have said precisely how, for he was unfamiliar with the aspect of that gentleman's back. – The Black Bag by Louis Joseph Vance

Katharine smiled at the sound of his voice; she listened as if she found it a little unfamiliar intimately though she knew it; she tested it. – Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

Yes, through the door; the surroundings are not unfamiliar – Love Under Fire by Randall Parrish

At the edge of the woods he paused, straining his ears, trying to get his bearings, for he was on unfamiliar ground and the fog was very dense here. – The Gray Mask by Wadsworth Camp

My men quickly carried their supplies to them, and before the last of the equipment had been delivered, the boat was assembled and afloat: a broad- beamed craft with hollow metal ribs, covered with some shining fabric which was unfamiliar to me. – The Death-Traps of FX-31 by Sewell Peaslee Wright

I looked round and saw a room unfamiliar yet already hated. – The Car of Destiny by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

Philip interposed, catching quick at the unfamiliar word with blank English astonishment, and more than ever convinced, in spite of denial, that the stranger was an American. – The British Barbarians by Grant Allen

Mrs. Purdy ventured, evidently treading unfamiliar ground. – Calvary Alley by Alice Hegan Rice

Even Mr. Johnston could be clearly seen coming down from the boatshed with a curious figure beside him- a figure so odd and unfamiliar that he might have been part of the unfamiliar fog itself. – The Window-Gazer by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

Ernest Treadwell was unfamiliar with this part of London. – The Rustle of Silk by Cosmo Hamilton

It is not to the affronted soul that the charm of the unfamiliar makes its sweet and powerful appeal. – Americans and Others by Agnes Repplier

" We will put that to the test, and that quickly," said Lord Claud; and forthwith he led his companion out of the house and through several unfamiliar streets, till he reached a building rather larger than its surrounding neighbours, into which he walked with the air of one well used to the place. – Tom Tufton's Travels by Evelyn Everett-Green

Old faces had grown older; some were gone, And many unfamiliar ones had come. – The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by H. L. Gordon

He would not plunge his people into an unfamiliar misery. – Candide by Voltaire Commentator: Philip Littell