SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
atypical
adjective
Different from the usual pattern or type.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Unlike the usual type
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Usage distinction
Return to topUnrepresentative concerns a group; atypical does not necessarily mean defective.
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See atypical in use
The unusually short agenda made this an atypical meeting.
An archive volunteer noticed an anomaly in a box of carefully numbered photographs: two unrelated pictures carried the same identification code. She initially treated the duplicate as an aberration in an otherwise orderly catalog. The mismatch was atypical of the collection, whose labels usually followed a consistent pattern.
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