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# unusual

adjective (unusual, more unusual, most unusual)

«unusual» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Not usual or common; different from what normally happens or what you normally see. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unusual/#m1)
2. Interesting because it is different: "an unusual hat". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unusual/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, unusual results in an experiment should be checked and repeated. In safety lessons, unusual smells, sounds or behaviour (gas smell, smoke, a stranger asking odd questions) are warning signs to tell an adult. In stories, something unusual often starts the adventure. Phrases: something unusual, unusual for, it's unusual to, nothing unusual.

### Examples

- It's unusual to see snow in April here. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unusual/#x1)
- She wore an unusual purple hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unusual/#x2)
- The scientist noticed an unusual result. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unusual/#x3)
- Tell an adult if you smell something unusual, like gas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unusual/#x4)
- It is unusual for our cat to hide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unusual/#x5)
- Nothing unusual happened today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unusual/#x6)
- I happen to have a most unusual shadow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unusual/#x7)

### Note

"Un-" means "not": unusual = not usual. The adverb is "unusually". Use "an": an unusual idea. In maths and data, an unusual value far from the others is called an outlier.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unusual» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unusual/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unusual» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unusual.html) on Mova free.