UNTYPICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does untypical mean? 

• UNTYPICAL (adjective)
  The adjective UNTYPICAL has 1 sense:

1. not representative of a group, class, or type

  Familiarity information: UNTYPICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNTYPICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not representative of a group, class, or type

Synonyms:

atypic; atypical; untypical

Context example:

atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children

Similar:

unrepresentative (not exemplifying a class)

Also:

uncharacteristic (distinctive and not typical)

abnormal; unnatural (not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm)

Attribute:

typicality (the state of being that is typical)

Derivation:

untypicality (any state that is not typical)