Question

Choose the synonym of the word given below:
Unusual
A)Unexceptional
B)Uncommon
C)Unnoteworthy
D)Unimportant

Answer 1

Hint: Unusual means something that is rare, apart from the usual, strange, etc. It is mostly used for something that is infrequent in nature.

Complete step-by-step answer:

We already know the basic meaning of the word, ’unusual’ from the given hint. Now, we just have to find a word that has a meaning similar to that of ‘unusual’.
 Unexceptional means ordinary and not so unique. As we can observe, it is in contrast to our word in question, ‘unusual’. Hence, we shall rule out Option A as a possibly correct answer to the question.
Uncommon means not generic or ordinary. It is mostly used for something that is infrequent in nature. As we can observe, it is synonymous to our word in question, ‘unusual’. Hence, we can consider Option B to be a possibly correct answer to the question.
 Unnoteworthy is an invalid word. It doesn’t exist in English language. We may assume it to be the opposite of the word, ‘noteworthy’ but it is wrong. Hence, we shall rule out Option C as a possibly correct answer to the question.
Unimportant means not significant and not valuable. It is often used to describe something that is note prime or major in nature. It is nowhere close to our word in question, ‘unusual’. Hence, we shall rule out Option D as a possibly correct answer to our question.
After our observation we can conclude that, Option B is the correct answer to our question.

Note: We often add the prefix ‘un-‘to a word to form its antonym. However, sometimes the resultant might not be a valid word according to the English language. There are other prefixes such as ‘dis-’, ‘in-’, ‘im-‘, etcetera that can be added. However, sometimes the antonym could be a different word altogether.