utterly alien

Frequency: 9.048.9 per million words

Absolutely unfamiliar or strange.

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Examples (10)

  • The concept of a nine-to-five job was utterly alien to the freelance artist.
  • After years in the city, the silence of the countryside felt utterly alien to her.
  • The bizarre, glowing fungi made the cave's ecosystem look utterly alien.
  • To many, the political system of the small, isolated nation seemed utterly alien.
  • His way of thinking, devoid of any sentiment, was utterly alien to me.
  • The social etiquette of the Victorian era would be utterly alien to most people today.
  • She found the idea of arranging a marriage for her children utterly alien to her values.
  • The landscape of the volcanic island was stark and utterly alien.
  • Having grown up with instant communication, the idea of waiting weeks for a letter was utterly alien.
  • The language and customs were so different that at first, everything felt utterly alien.