unacquainted

unacquainted
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. ignorant, unknowing, uninformed; never introduced, strange. See ignorance.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. ignorant, not introduced, unfamiliar, not intimate, not on speaking terms, isolated, strange, unknown, apart, aloof, secluded, withdrawn, out of touch, incommunicado.
Ant. friendly*, acquainted, intimate.
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Not aware or informed: ignorant, innocent, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unwitting. Idiom: in the dark. See KNOWLEDGE.

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