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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
adjective un· typ· i· cal ˌən-ˈti-pi-kəl Synonyms of untypical : not typical : atypical untypical behavior
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 (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
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 definition: not representative or characteristic of a particular type, person, etc. See examples of UNTYPICAL used in a sentence.
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.
The earliest known use of the adjective untypical is in the 1840s. OED's earliest evidence for untypical is from 1848, in the writing of James Mozley, theologian and journalist.
Definition of untypical adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "UNTYPICAL": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
