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      • untypical adjective us / ʌnˈtɪp.ɪ.k ə l / uk / ʌnˈtɪp.ɪ.k ə l / Add to word list Add to word list not showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things or people, or from a particular person :
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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Untypical definition: not representative or characteristic of a particular type, person, etc. See examples of UNTYPICAL used in a sentence.

  8. 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. not exemplifying a class.

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