uncanny
Pronunciation:
/ʌnˈkæni/noun
Definitions
(Freud) Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort; translation of Freud's usage of the German "unheimlich" (literally "unsecret").
adjective
Definitions
Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
Example: He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor.
Careless.