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Recent Examples of uncharacteristic
This uncharacteristic decision leads to a day of risk and romance, liberation and intimacy: 24 hours that will transform Allyson’s life.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
The process not only ushered in uncharacteristic darkness, but unveiled the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Probably uncharacteristic for him, but in all fairness to him, Sandy is human.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Vancouver’s puck play was disorganized and out of sync, and that even included Quinn Hughes, who made a couple of uncharacteristic turnovers.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
The process not only ushered in uncharacteristic darkness, but unveiled the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Probably uncharacteristic for him, but in all fairness to him, Sandy is human.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Vancouver’s puck play was disorganized and out of sync, and that even included Quinn Hughes, who made a couple of uncharacteristic turnovers.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncharacteristic
Adjective
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What to Consider The price is a bit high, but not untypical for a high-quality pair of boots.—
Nathan Borchelt,
Travel + Leisure,
26 June 2023
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The psychiatric staff at Children’s is used to treating the Washington region’s most severely affected kids, and these cases were not untypical of those the doctors and nurses on the inpatient unit had been seeing before the pandemic.—
Judith Warner,
Washington Post,
21 Mar. 2022
Adjective
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The average is dragged lower by the three most recent economic contractions, which were all atypical.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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According to sources, the pickup is for 10 episodes, which is not atypical for a series that has launched in midseason and matches the sitcom’s Season 1 order.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Uncharacteristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncharacteristic. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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