untypical

[tip-i-kuhl]

typ·i·cal

[tip-i-kuhl]
adjective
1.
of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
2.
conforming to a particular type.
3.
Biology. exemplifying most nearly the essential characteristics of a higher group in natural history, and forming the type: the typical genus of a family.
4.
characteristic or distinctive: He has the mannerisms typical of his class.
5.
pertaining to, of the nature of, or serving as a type or emblem; symbolic.
Also, typ·ic.


Origin:
1605–15; < Medieval Latin typicālis, equivalent to Late Latin typic(us) (< Greek typikós, equivalent to týp(os) type + -ikos -ic) + Latin -ālis -al1

typ·i·cal·ly, adverb
typ·i·cal·ness, typ·i·cal·i·ty, noun
non·typ·i·cal, adjective
non·typ·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·typ·i·cal·ness, noun
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qua·si-typ·i·cal, adjective
qua·si-typ·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·typ·i·cal, adjective
un·typ·i·cal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE


1. normal, average, stock, usual.

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untypical (ʌnˈtɪpɪkəl)
 
adj
not representative or characteristic of a particular type, person, etc

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