untypical
Britishadjective
Vocabulary lists containing untypical
Strange
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Recalling an untypical teenage boy "with the innocence of a new-born child", she said he suffered from bullying.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025
Pep Guardiola’s team keeps finding respite in international games during an untypical run in the Premier League where the defending champion has won just one of its last six games while leaking late goals.
From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 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
This was the type of case, not at all untypical in South Africa, that offered a moral jigsaw puzzle.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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