typographical
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nontypographic adjective
- nontypographical adjective
- nontypographically adverb
- pretypographical adjective
- typographically adverb
Etymology
Origin of typographical
1770–80; < New Latin typographicus, equivalent to Medieval Latin typograph(ia) typography + -icus -ic + -al 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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As Brown noted on Tuesday, it is “challenging to unpack the DOJ Letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors.”
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
They then entered the hell of trying to persuade Xerox to integrate Interpress into its laser printers and other typographical products.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023
In a quirk of typographical synchronicity, Albina is Albania's representative for 2023.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023
Professor Davison discovered more than misplaced commas and other grammatical or typographical errors in the material.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022
And if you made even a single error—even a typographical error—in your program, you had to take the cards back, track down the error, and begin the whole process again.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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