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Meaning of Unfamiliarity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Lack of familiarity; ignorance or inexperience.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية غير ألفة
Ελληνικά άγνοια
Suomi vieraus
Gaeilge aduaine
ქართული უჩვეულობა
Latina insolentia
Македонски непознатост
Svenska obekantskap

Examples

“Due to my unfamiliarity with the library's catalog system, it took several hours to find the book.”
“Such insights can, however, not be expected from a state of near-total unfamiliarity with what has been going on in a field: innocence may be a good thing, ignorance certainly is not.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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