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Atypical   /ˌeɪtˈɪpɪkəl/   Listen
Atypical

adjective
1.
Not representative of a group, class, or type.  Synonym: untypical.  "A class of atypical mosses" , "Atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"
2.
Deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal.  Synonym: irregular.  "Atypical clinical findings" , "Atypical pneumonia" , "Highly irregular behavior"



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"Atypical" Quotes from Famous Books



... Occeq City, Bertrand Malloy leafed casually through the dossiers of the four new men who had been assigned to him. They were typical of the kind of men who were sent to him, he thought. Which meant, as usual, that they were atypical. Every man in the Diplomatic Corps who developed a twitch or a quirk was shipped to Saarkkad IV to work under Bertrand Malloy, Permanent Terran Ambassador to His Utter Munificence, the ...
— In Case of Fire • Gordon Randall Garrett


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