Dutch English Dictionary

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ongewoon in English:

1. unusual unusual


That's unusual.
Valencia is famous for its unusual architecture.
You don't have to come up with an unusual topic for your speech.
In the case of patient death during the course of medical treatment, even if there is medical error present, it is not automatically legally considered to be an "unusual death."
Innovation has something to do with the faculty to notice unusual phenomena.
That's an unusual hobby she's got, the transfer student. "She's cute so it's fine with me."
Some clarinetists use clarinets tuned to A instead of B flat in passages which would otherwise be written in unusual keys.
In an unusual move, this school's big band uses slide trumpets and valve trombones exclusively.
But in many ways, the bird called Alex is unusual, for it has shown the kind of mental abilities that scientists once thought only humans had.
Engagement gifts should always be unusual and special to honour the occasion.
creepiest, most unusual person I've ever met.
If something is unusual, it does not happen very often or you do not see it or hear it very often(2) If you describe someone as unusual, you think that they are interesting and different from other people
1. Everything here is so unusual. / 2. It is not so unusual.
The unusual architecture of Astana makes it look like a space-age city.
You cant find some really unusual things in this shop.

English word "ongewoon"(unusual) occurs in sets:

unit 3 lesson 1

2. uncommon


A six-figure income is not uncommon for physicians.
Such a case is not uncommon today.
Cholera is uncommon in Japan.
It is uncommon for people to live over 100 years old.
Water is an uncommon natural resource in some African countries.
It's uncommon to see such a thing.
It’s uncommon to see dolphins from the beach because they don’t usually come so close.
It is so uncommon to find a foreigner learning Polish for fun.
We sometimes say: "Common sense is quite uncommon."
The only remaining region in the world where obesity is uncommon is sub-Saharan Africa.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious.

3. unusually


Unusually warm weather caused problems for the apple harvest.
We are in for an unusually hot summer this year.
What happened to her? She is unusually talkative today.
Chancing upon an unusually beautiful woman one table away, Julian began to visibly shake.
Trang gave an unusually expensive Christmas gift to Sysko.
This autumn I am, unusually, watching many drama series.
The festival witnessed an unusually large attendance.