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How to pronounce unusual in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms strange
Derivation unusualness
Type Words
Derivation unusualness


two-career families are no longer unusual.
Type Words
Derivation unusualness


a scene of unusual beauty.
a man of unusual ability.
cruel and unusual punishment.
an unusual meteorite.

Examples of unusual

unusual
The container is examined physically if the gamma images show something unusual.
From the omaha.com
It would be unusual for the first thought to be to jump into the arriving flood.
From the washingtontimes.com
Little seemed to be known about the lone individual charged in the unusual case.
From the dailynews.com
Members took the unusual step of sitting beside colleagues from the other party.
From the kansas.com
Every transaction in the last five years has come under an unusual circumstance.
From the chron.com
The style retains its novelty but is enjoyable for more than just being unusual.
From the stltoday.com
Whilst this is not unusual for the Asian Cup the empty seats will cause concern.
From the cnn.com
So it's not unusual for numbers of individual species to vary from year to year.
From the post-gazette.com
That would be unusual for a regular-season game, let alone the All-Star contest.
From the sportingnews.com
More examples
  • Not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"
  • Strange: being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"
  • Not commonly encountered; "two-career families are no longer unusual"
  • (unusually) to a remarkable degree or extent; "she was unusually tall"
  • (unusualness) uncommonness by virtue of being unusual
  • The Unusual is the second album by Artifacts member El Da Sensei. It was released in 2006 on Fat Beats Records.
  • (The Unusuals) The Unusuals is a comedy-drama television series which premiered on ABC on April 8, 2009 in the U.S. and Global in Canada. ...
  • Unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm; More than usual
  • (Unusualness) information of events/situations that deviate sharply from the expected or the ordinary. This may range from a little oddball to the bizarre and everything in between.