单词 | atypical |
释义 | atypical (once / 27047 pages) adj Typical means what you would expect—a typical suburban town has lots of neat little houses and people. Atypical means outside of type—an atypical suburban town might be populated by zombies in damp caves. Atypical is a synonym of "unusual," but it carries a more objective feel—scientific studies might mention atypical results, suggesting that there is a clear definition of what is typical and what is not. "Unusual" is more of a casual observation that one might make in a non-scientific context. WORD FAMILYatypical: atypicality, atypically+/typical: antitypical, atypical, typicality, typically, untypical/typicality: untypicality/untypical: untypically USAGE EXAMPLESWhenever it does end, saying goodbye to LeWitt’s wall drawing will require another atypical process for a work of art. Washington Times(Dec 11, 2016) “As troubling as these events are … the mass shooter is really atypical of the larger problem of gun violence and actually rare.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 06, 2016) “We’re coming up against the same time of year again, and maybe that was a one-year atypical trend,” he said. Washington Times(Nov 26, 2016) 1adj not representative of a group, class, or type a group that is atypical of the target audience a class of atypical mosses atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children Syn|Ant untypical uncharacteristic distinctive and not typical abnormal, unnaturalnot normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm unrepresentativenot exemplifying a class typical exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category characteristictypical or distinctive emblematic, exemplary, typicbeing or serving as an illustration of a type representativeserving to represent or typify regular, veritableoften used as intensifiers trueconforming to definitive criteria 2adj deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal these days large families are atypical atypical clinical findings atypical pneumonia Syn irregular abnormal, unnatural not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm |
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