unfamiliarity
Lack of acquaintance
Unfamiliarity is the state of not knowing something well or at all.
It suggests lack of experience or acquaintance: Her unfamiliarity with the software slowed her down.
The word often explains hesitation or mistakes: His unfamiliarity with local customs led to some awkward moments.
Lacking awareness or information
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- cluelessnessLack of awareness or understanding
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
obliviousness · nescience · uninformed · unacquainted · uninitiated · unversed · greenness · unschooled
Quality of being unfamiliar
- aliennessQuality of being unfamiliar
- oddnessQuality of being unusual
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- unusualnessState of being atypical
weirdness · uncanniness · mysteriousness · otherness · exoticism · outlandishness · bizarreness · quirkiness
State of being recent
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- unprecedentedNever having occurred before
- unchartedNot yet documented
- unexploredNot yet investigated
undiscovered · unknown · untried · untested · debut · introduction · discovery · revelation
Mild persistent worry
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
disorientation · hesitation · insecurity · tension · disquiet · uncertainty · self-consciousness · inhibition
unknowing
Lacking awareness or information
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- cluelessnessLack of awareness or understanding
naivety · obliviousness · nescience · uninformed · unacquainted · uninitiated · unversed · greenness · unschooled · unknowledgeable
foreignness
Quality of being unfamiliar
- aliennessQuality of being unfamiliar
- oddnessQuality of being unusual
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
unusualness · weirdness · uncanniness · mysteriousness · otherness · exoticism · outlandishness · bizarreness · quirkiness · incongruity
newness
State of being recent
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- unprecedentedNever having occurred before
- unchartedNot yet documented
unexplored · undiscovered · unknown · untried · untested · debut · introduction · discovery · revelation · surprise
unease
Mild persistent worry
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
nervousness · disorientation · hesitation · insecurity · tension · disquiet · uncertainty · self-consciousness · inhibition · wariness
- othernessother, otherness, othering, stranger, foreigner
- knowledge gapsignorance, gaps, information gap, blind spots, blind spot
- learninglearning, learn, classes, instruction, studying
- incomprehensionconfusion, bewilderment, puzzlement, perplexity, bafflement
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- inexperiencebeginner, novice, rookie, greenhorn, newbie
unfamiliarityfamiliarity
Knowledge through experience
acquaintance · awareness · experience · expertise · cognizance
unfamiliarityfamiliarity
Knowledge through experience
comfort · ease · at-homeness · habituation · preparedness
family, familiar, unfamiliar, familiarity, familial, familiarize, familiarization, familiars, unfamiliarly