Adjective

unwonted (comparative more unwonted, superlative most unwonted)

Positive unwonted

Comparative more unwonted

Superlative most unwonted

  1. (archaic) Not customary or habitual; unusual; infrequent.
  2. (archaic) Unused (to); unaccustomed (to) something.
    • 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 5.
      we demand the language we are accustomed to, and that which is different from this seems not in keeping but somewhat unintelligible and foreign because of its unwontedness.

Derived terms

  • unwont
  • unwontedly
  • unwontedness

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Wed Feb 24 23:30:50 2010

The Overman Committee was a special subcommittee of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary chaired by North Carolina Democrat Lee Slater Overman. Between September 1918 and June 1919, it investigated German and Bolshevik elements in the United States. It was an early forerunner of the better known House Un-American Activities Committee, and represented the first congressional committee investigation into communism. The Committee was originally tasked with investigating pro-German sentiments in the American liquor industry. After World War I ended in November 1918 and the German threat lessened, it turned its attention to communist Bolshevism. Bolshevism had appeared as a threat during the Red Scare of 1919–20 after the Russian Revolution in 1917 saw the Bolsheviks take power in Russia. The Committee's hearings into Bolshevik propaganda, conducted from February 11 to March 10, 1919, helped foster an image of communism as a threat to America. The Committee's final report was released in June 1919. It reported on German propaganda, Bolshevism, and other "un-American activities" in the United States and on likely effects of communism's implementation in the United States. It described German, but not communist, propaganda efforts. The Committee's report and hearings were instrumental in fostering anti-Bolshevik opinion. (more...)

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Q. 1. What information appears toward the beginning of "To Build a Fire" that helps readers predict that the man will soon be in trouble? It will take him all day to reach camp. The sun had not come above the horizon. It is much colder than he thinks it is. He has heavy whiskers on his face. 2. In "To Build a Fire," what can you predict when the man comes across a hidden spring? The dog will fall into a hidden spring. The man will fall into a hidden spring. The man will follow the spring to camp. The man will drink from the spring. 3. Which of these details emphasizes the central message of "To Build a Fire" most clearly? The man keeps his food from freezing by storing it near his skin. The man keeps watching to avoid falling into… [cont.]
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A. 1. What information appears toward the beginning of "To Build a Fire" that helps readers predict that the man will soon be in trouble? (1 point) (0 pts) It will take him all day to reach camp. (0 pts) The sun had not come above the horizon. (1 pt) It is much colder than he thinks it is. (0 pts) He has heavy whiskers on his face. 1 /1 point 2. In "To Build a Fire," what can you predict when the man comes across a hidden spring? (1 point) (0 pts) The dog will fall into a hidden spring. (1 pt) The man will fall into a hidden spring. (0 pts) The man will follow the spring to camp. (0 pts) The man will drink from the spring. 1 /1 point 3. Which of these details emphasizes the central message of "To Build a Fire"… [cont.]
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Are Democrat fingerprints all over the financial crisis?
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Can someone explain to me what the poem "The Buried Life" by Matthew Arnold means and just explain it to me?
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A. Just briefly...he is agonising over the call to be 'real' that society denies him. Evrywhere we go there are people who disapprove of a man talking about emotional things, and who try to put him back in his box! If he worked in a bank and talked caringly to clients, he would be reprimanded for being too personal wouldnt he? I think he had an open loving heart and was told off when he spoke freely about feelings. That's all for now. Read other works and see who he was.
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