Idiom
unused to
Meaning
not accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of; not used to.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am unused to this hot weather.”
“He struggled with the new software because he was unused to working with such complex tools.”
“The diplomat, being entirely unused to the informal customs of the local people, felt quite uncomfortable during the traditional ceremony.”
Examples
simple
“I am unused to this hot weather.”
contextual
“He struggled with the new software because he was unused to working with such complex tools.”
complex
“The diplomat, being entirely unused to the informal customs of the local people, felt quite uncomfortable during the traditional ceremony.”
Key words
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