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Unfamiliarity

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Lack of familiarity; ignorance or inexperience.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربيةغير ألفة
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Ελληνικάάγνοια
Suomivieraus
Gaeilgeaduaine
ქართულიუჩვეულობა
Македонскинепознатост

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