aberrant
departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal.
an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.
Origin of aberrant
1Other words for aberrant
Other words from aberrant
- ab·er·rance, ab·er·ran·cy, noun
- ab·er·rant·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with aberrant
- aberrant , abhorrent
Words Nearby aberrant
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How to use aberrant in a sentence
At last, this aberrant set of back-to-back NBA seasons nears its ending, possibly a hopeful ending of good basketball and growing crowds.
Steph Curry, Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook redeemed this NBA season. Now comes postseason hell. | Jerry Brewer | May 20, 2021 | Washington PostIf there’s any good news for the Twins in this, it’s that some of these performances have been so aberrant that they’ll probably even out a bit over the rest of the season.
The Most Disappointing Teams In MLB So Far | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | May 20, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightSpeaking of teams that could be looking to bounce back from an aberrant 2020, don’t be surprised if the Washington Mystics rise quickly in our Elo depending on how soon Elena Delle Donne comes back this season.
We Built A WNBA Prediction Model For The 2021 Season | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | May 12, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightOrnithologists have referred to them as “aberrant falcons” and “a rather unimpressive lot,” with Falconidae’s so-called true falcons—including peregrines—hogging all the research.
The Mystery of the Falkland Islands' Striated Caracara | Paul Kvinta | April 2, 2021 | Outside OnlineIt’s not hard to see how aberrant activity in these regions could contribute to symptoms of depression and anxiety.
A Quiet Path Out of the Coronavirus Shadow - Issue 98: Mind | Clayton Dalton | March 31, 2021 | Nautilus
Turmeric could have important abilities in healing and preventing brain damage—or this could be an aberrant finding.
Fish Oil, Turmeric, and Ginseng, Oh My! Are ‘Brain Foods’ B.S.? | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHerman Cain: For the first time, he seemed to acknowledge that there is something aberrant about his candidacy.
In the apes and lemurs, on the contrary, the ground-dwellers are the aberrant forms, stray wanderers from the host.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThese aberrant lines are much more common in the dramatic blank verse of the seventeenth century.
In the second case an aberrant artery was given off from the radial side of the brachial artery, again almost at its origin.
On the Genesis of Species | St. George MivartThis aberrant artery anastomosed below the elbow-joint with the radial side of the radial artery.
On the Genesis of Species | St. George MivartThere was another article on aberrant cases—a few strange little misbehaviors in classical syndromes.
Badge of Infamy | Lester del Rey
British Dictionary definitions for aberrant
/ (æˈbɛrənt) /
deviating from the normal or usual type, as certain animals from the group in which they are classified
behaving in an abnormal or untypical way
deviating from truth, morality, etc
Origin of aberrant
1Derived forms of aberrant
- aberrance or aberrancy, noun
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