'Unusual' definitions:
Definition of 'unusual'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite" [ant: usual]
adjective
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" [syn: strange, unusual] [ant: familiar]
adjective
Not commonly encountered; "two-career families are no longer unusual"
Definition of 'Unusual'
From: GCIDE
- Unusual \Un*u"su*al\, a. Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition. -- {Un*u"su*al*ly}, adv. -- {Un*u"su*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unusual'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- almost unheard-of,
- atypical,
- bizarre,
- breakaway,
- curious,
- different,
- eccentric,
- exceptional,
- extraordinary,
- extremely,
- freakish,
- infrequent,
- novel,
- odd,
- oddball,
- offbeat,
- original,
- outlandish,
- peculiar,
- quaint,
- queer,
- rare,
- rarely,
- recherche,
- remarkable,
- scarce,
- seldom met with,
- seldom seen,
- singular,
- slow,
- sparse,
- strange,
- sui generis,
- uncommon,
- uncommonly,
- unconventional,
- uncustomary,
- undreamed-of,
- unexpected,
- unfamiliar,
- unfrequent,
- unheard-of,
- unimaginable,
- unique,
- unordinary,
- unorthodox,
- unprecedented,
- unthinkable,
- unthought-of,
- untypical,
- unusually,
- unwonted