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Adjective

Of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own

Relating to or involving other countries or nations

Not belonging to or characteristic of

Strange or unfamiliar in nature

Not surveyed or mapped

Having very little connection with or relationship to

Denoting a foreign person, typically one who establishes or joins a colony

Out of place or not compatible with something or a given situation

Having never met (someone)

Isolated, especially from civilization or society

Speaking a language other than English

A "room outdoors", an outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory

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Adjective

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Of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own

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“A great way to learn a foreign language is by immersing yourself in the country's culture and community.”

Adjective

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Relating to or involving other countries or nations

globalized^US

globalised^UK

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“We recognize the need for international economic integration to diversify our foreign trade.”

Adjective

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Not belonging to or characteristic of

neither here nor there

matter of indifference

nothing to do with it

not worth worrying about

nothing to do with the case

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“Some commentators believe soccer is fundamentally foreign to the American psyche and will never catch on.”

Adjective

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Strange or unfamiliar in nature

customized^US

specialized^US

previously unencountered

outside one's experience

specialised^UK

customised^UK

flakey^US

flaky^UK

away with the fairies

as daft as a brush

stark staring mad

not the full shilling

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

have bats in the belfry

not right in the head

not right upstairs

not quite right in the head

like nothing on earth

never to be forgotten

untrammeled^US

not in your right mind

by itself

self-contained

on its own

a few cards shy of a full deck

deprived of one's wits

one card shy of a full deck

manic-depressive

over the edge

non compos

severely mentally ill

one sandwich short of a picnic

having kangaroos in the top paddock

flipped-out

as mad as a March hare

flipped out

crazy as a loon

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

potentially dangerous

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mentally unbalanced

have a screw loose

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“The foreign sensation would alarm me, albeit briefly.”

Adjective

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Not surveyed or mapped

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Having very little connection with or relationship to

Adjective

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Denoting a foreign person, typically one who establishes or joins a colony

Adjective

Out of place or not compatible with something or a given situation

like chalk and cheese

contrastive

antithetic

at odds

as like as chalk and cheese

diametrically opposed

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

unfavorable^US

not capable of comparison

out of tune

out of harmony

at outs

march to a different drummer

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Adjective

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Having never met (someone)

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Isolated, especially from civilization or society

in the middle of nowhere

in the hinterlands

in the sticks

in the backblocks

in the back of beyond

beyond the black stump

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Adjective

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Speaking a language other than English

non-English speaking

non-Anglophone

non-Anglophonic

foreign language speaking

non-native

not from the Anglosphere

Noun

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A "room outdoors", an outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory

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