Definition of untypicalnext

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Recent Examples of untypical 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 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 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 Specialized REITs can invest in casinos and other untypical real-estate properties. — Lori Ioannou, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2021 The Rays, again getting by on their wits and wiggling into playoff contention by winning more with less this season, came out of a pendulous game with a victory in their typically untypical fashion. — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untypical
Adjective
  • The membership, which is invite-only, can include procedures like plasma exchange, which involves having your blood removed and separated from harmful substances like abnormal proteins before it is returned to the body.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Cocaine therefore appears to hijack a normal action-selection system rather than recruit a circuit dedicated to abnormal behavior.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Generated by an internal large language model (LLM), OpenAI’s proof relies on an approach that many experts find unnatural.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Some deepfakes still have telltale flaws such as unnatural facial movements, lip-sync glitches, robotic speech or awkward pauses — but the technology is rapidly improving, a spokesperson for the organization said.
    — Emily Elconin for CNN, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The team now points to interactions between manganese and ytterbium as a possible source of the unusual Hall response.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The unusual diplomatic rebuke underscored the mistrust between the two countries.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • This way of thinking is not uncommon, and it’s not limited to film criticism.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Police noted that mountain lions are not uncommon near the Stanislaus River and other rural pockets around Oakdale but urged residents to stay alert – especially overnight and around dawn and dusk.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • An atypical ice giant Compared with its neighboring planets, Uranus is quite the outlier.
    — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Elizabeth Taylor got ready in atypical fashion, almost backwards.
    — Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2026

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“Untypical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untypical. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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