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- Dictionaryuntypical/ʌnˈtɪpɪkl/
adjective
- 1. not having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing; uncharacteristic: "he considers the film untypical of college movies"
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not showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things or people, or from a particular person : Her angry outburst was untypical; she's usually a very quiet woman. It is not untypical of girls of her age to be concerned about their appearance. Compare. atypical formal. non-typical. Opposite. typical.
untypical - not representative of a group, class, or type; "a group that is atypical of the target audience"; "a class of atypical mosses"; "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"
adjective. un· typ· i· cal ˌən-ˈti-pi-kəl. Synonyms of untypical. : not typical : atypical. untypical behavior. an untypical burst of anger. an untypical example. untypically. ˌən-ˈti-pi-k (ə-)lē. adverb. untypically calm conditions. Synonyms. aberrant. aberrational. abnormal. anomalous. atypical. deviant. deviate. devious. irregular. unnatural.
not showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things or people, or from a particular person : Her angry outburst was untypical; she's usually a very quiet woman. It is not untypical of girls of her age to be concerned about their appearance. Compare. atypical formal. non-typical. Opposite. typical.
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.
Definitions of untypical. adjective. not representative of a group, class, or type. synonyms: atypical. uncharacteristic. distinctive and not typical. abnormal, unnatural. not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm. unrepresentative.
untypical (of somebody/something) not typical. an untypical example. Schools in this area are quite untypical of schools in the rest of the country. All in all, it had been a not untypical day (= it had been very like other days). opposite typical compare atypical. Want to learn more?
Untypical definition: not representative or characteristic of a particular type, person, etc. See examples of UNTYPICAL used in a sentence.
untypical meaning, definition, what is untypical: not having the usual features or qualiti...: Learn more.
Definition of untypical adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
