not the type

phrase

: not a particular kind of person

Her mother is not the type to complain.

Examples of not the type in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is not the type of trimming that other franchises in the same payroll stratosphere have undergone in recent seasons. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 24 July 2026

This is just not the type of risk when players being drafted around him include the likes of Wan’Dale Robinson (WR17), Michael Wilson (WR20), Michael Pittman (WR30) – veterans who have been there and done that for multiple seasons. — Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026

This was not the type of company that was going to plant a forest on campus. — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

This is the sturdy, foldable variety — not the type that splits open into two halves for stuffing. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for not the type

• allotype
• antitype
• archetype
• biotype
• collotype
• genotype
• haplotype
• holotype
• hypotype
• isotype
• lectotype
• linotype