untypical
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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She said the young woman's fate was not untypical of finds from the era.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025
That was an untypical statement of intent in the discreet world of Olympic politics.
From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2023
The torrential rains were untypical for winter months.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2023
In dramatic language untypical of grand jury reports, they continued, "neither can we say they played no role in creating the darkness in which this malignancy grew."
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2022
It is this special America, a very untypical one I guess, an unfamiliar transitional blur in the memories of most people, which is the real America for me.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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