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Recent Examples of uncharacteristic
After being on the ice for three goals at five-on-five in the first five games of the series, to be on for two in Game 6 was an uncharacteristic night for the Canadiens’ most reliable defensive pairing.
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 17 May 2026
His most loyal staff and supporters were quick to defend him, arguing that staff churn is common in any New York City campaign, and that the death of his sister Tatiana Schlossberg in December helps explain behavior otherwise uncharacteristic of a young politician.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
But in uncharacteristic fashion for Musk, xAI moved too slowly into harness engineering, which allows AI models to reach out beyond chat windows and control more operations on a computer.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 8 May 2026
The students’ disappearances on April 16 started off as separate missing persons’ cases for the campus police and the sheriff’s office, involving two responsible individuals for whom missing appointments was very uncharacteristic.
—Mike Schneider, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 17 May 2026
His most loyal staff and supporters were quick to defend him, arguing that staff churn is common in any New York City campaign, and that the death of his sister Tatiana Schlossberg in December helps explain behavior otherwise uncharacteristic of a young politician.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
But in uncharacteristic fashion for Musk, xAI moved too slowly into harness engineering, which allows AI models to reach out beyond chat windows and control more operations on a computer.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 8 May 2026
The students’ disappearances on April 16 started off as separate missing persons’ cases for the campus police and the sheriff’s office, involving two responsible individuals for whom missing appointments was very uncharacteristic.
—Mike Schneider, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncharacteristic
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If the strong cashflow position of the firms at the centre of this bubble is unusual in the context of the Kindleberger framework, two other factors also stand out as untypical.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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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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While SpaceX has taken an unusual approach to its offering, setting up access for retail investors through brokerage firms at a level atypical in new deals typically dominated by institutions, the NASA fund is another alternative for investors to gain access to Elon Musk's rocket company.—
Krysta Escobar,
CNBC,
30 May 2026
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In one sense, family time was not atypical for the era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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“Uncharacteristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncharacteristic. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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