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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]

WordNet Unusual
adj 1: 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]
2: 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] [ant: familiar]
3: not commonly encountered; "two-career families are no longer
unusual"

Moby Dictionary
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