how to pronounce unusual

/ənˈjuˌʒuəl/

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unusual is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of unusual in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… right and like how unusual was this for …”

meaning of unusual

Unusual means not usual or not common.

unusual frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word unusual occurs in english on average 31 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics unusual can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that unusual can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to unusual

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