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Departing from an accepted or expected standard, sometimes with a disapproving implication.

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deviant

The analyst marked the deviant result for another check because it differed sharply from the other observations.
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A deviant measurement label used centimeters where the display's explicit style standard required millimeters for every length.
From Accuracy in a Technical Display.
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