unfamiliarity

Noun

Meaning

unfamiliarity (countable and uncountable, plural unfamiliarities)

Lack of familiarity; ignorance or inexperience.
Due to my unfamiliarity with the library's catalog system, it took several hours to find the book.

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It is not, however, the unfamiliarity or strangeness of a work or of a composer's manner that is a bar to understanding, but rather the disappearance of the familiar, the ongoing disappointment of the expectations and hopes fostered by the musical tradition in which we have grown up. Charles Rosen

A contributing factor was the pilot's unfamiliarity with the old-style attitude gyroscope fitted on board the aircraft, which may have caused him to believe he was climbing when he was, in fact, descending (an example of spatial disorientation ). Source: Internet

And according to Watson, that unfamiliarity may also be why the conservation field is overwhelmingly white. Source: Internet

He and Pei attributed this to the country's general unfamiliarity with deluxe buildings. Source: Internet

In this gambit, Netflix seems to wager the film’s success on modern unfamiliarity with the 80-year-old classic. Source: Internet

Divorced from any larger stories, the one-off nature, mixed with Kita's unfamiliarity with the Transformers, makes this an easy read for those unfamiliar. Source: Internet

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