untypical

untypical
[[t]ʌ̱ntɪ̱pɪk(ə)l[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ
If someone or something is untypical of a particular type of person or thing, they are not a good example of the way that type of person or thing normally is. People sometimes say something is not untypical when they mean that it is quite normal.

Anita Loos was in many respects untypical of the screenwriting trade...

I believe our results are not untypical.

Derived words:
untypically [[t]ʌ̱ntɪ̱pɪkli[/t]] ADV-GRADED ADV adj/-ed, ADV with cl

I was working untypically hard...

Untypically for a man in that situation he became interested in Buddhism.


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  • untypical — index anomalous, dissimilar, infrequent, unusual Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • untypical — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unusual or uncharacteristic. DERIVATIVES untypically adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • untypical — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • untypical — un|typ|i|cal [ʌnˈtıpıkəl] adj not having the usual features or qualities that you would expect →↑atypical untypical of ▪ a building that is quite untypical of the period in which it was built ▪ These problems are not untypical (=they are normal) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • untypical — adj. untypical of * * * untypicalof …   Combinatory dictionary

  • untypical — adj.; untypically, adv. * * * …   Universalium

  • untypical — adjective not typical, atypical, unusual …   Wiktionary

  • untypical — un|typ|i|cal [ ʌn tıpıkl ] adjective not usual or normal for a particular type of thing or person ╾ un|typ|i|cal|ly [ ʌn tıpıkli ] adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • untypical — adj. not typical, uncharacteristic …   English contemporary dictionary

  • untypical — adjective not typical or characteristic. Derivatives untypically adverb …   English new terms dictionary

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