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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Jackie Robinson (1919–1972) was the first African-American Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As the first black man to openly play in the major leagues since the 1880s, he was instrumental in bringing an end to racial segregation in professional baseball, which had relegated African-Americans to the Negro leagues for six decades. The example of his character and unquestionable talent challenged the traditional basis of segregation, which then marked many other aspects of American life, and contributed significantly to the Civil Rights Movement. Apart from his cultural impact, Robinson had an exceptional baseball career. Over ten seasons, he played in six World Series and contributed to the Dodgers' 1955 World Championship. He was selected for six consecutive All-Star Games from 1949 to 1954, was the recipient of the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949 – the first black player so honored. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. In 1997, Major League Baseball retired his uniform number, 42, across all major league teams. In recognition of his achievements on and off the field, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. (more...)

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Blocking unwonted emails from same sender but diffrent accounts?
Q. Is it possible to stop reciving e-mails from the same sender, becouse this person is making new accounts all the time just to get through to my mailbox.I mark with spam every new email I get, but this is going on and on... Thank you for your help.
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A. r they using the same name but different addys. if so try this : options filters: add: put their name in the box or boxes that work and click send to trash and save.. problem solved.
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Can you help me analyse this poem?
Q. Please analasye this poem- eg the poetic technique, style, tone, meaning etc. Thank you: Forty-two years ago (to me if to no one else The number is of some interest) it was a brilliant starry night And the westward train was empty and had no corridors So darting from side to side I could catch the unwonted sight Of those almost intolerably bright Holes, punched in the sky, which excited me partly because Of their Latin names and partly because I had read in the textbooks How very far off they were, it seemed their light Had left them (some at least) long years before I was. And this remembering now I mark that what Light was leaving some of them at least then, Forty-two years ago, will never arrive In time for me to catch it, which light… [cont.]
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A. The tone in the first stanza is reminiscent, in the second reflective, contemplating. The rhyme scheme is rather loose, giving the poem a contemporary feel, and perhaps giving us the rhythm of the train or of the speaker's thoughts. In the first stanza, the speaker observes that the stars are beautiful because of their appearance and their mystery, also notably commenting on the fact that light takes a long time to travel from the stars to us on earth. The parenthetical in the first two lines also creates an aura of solitude and of intimacy with nature. In the second stanza, we are told that some of the light, probably meaning some stars are farther away than others, still has not reached the speaker, and that furthermore, there may not… [cont.]
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Is this a good poem>?
Q. In the times between our deaths The sun always wates for you to start a new day The moon shines only for emortal souls your tears only fall on the unwonted floor if you said what you feel i would only suffer as i wear down crying bleeding and screaming i know i found what im looking for but i wont live long enough to take it back fading from life to death i take my place inthe dream a dream were everything is better only for seconds i awake to yelling crying madness surrounds my body the sky weeps firiusly and for the first time i am told the truth Im dead im gone but not really im stuck in the times between our deaths were the sun wates for you and the moon glows for me.
Asked by Travis A - Mon Dec 29 13:02:54 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. yeah, thats awesome. I really liked the ending
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