Antonyms for atypical


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ey-tip-i-kuh l
Phonetic Transcription : eɪˈtɪp ɪ kəl


Definition of atypical

Origin :
  • 1847, from a- (2) "not" + typical. Related: Atypically.
  • adj nonconforming
Example sentences :
  • He had only the intellectual stimulation of atypical cases and these were all too rare.
  • Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
  • The other atypical patterns are not so easily dismissed and will be the subject of inquiry in the discussions that follow.
  • Extract from : « A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. » by George H. Lowery.
  • Atypical specimens or those to be used for illustration were set aside for separate shipment and more intensive examination.
  • Extract from : « The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948 » by A. E. Treganza
  • Secondarily, other atypical clinical features appear, as will be seen.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • Atypical symptoms appear just as constantly in these cases, as do the atypical ideas.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • It will be noted that the ensuing stupors were, like those already quoted, atypical.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • This was atypical in that she sang and wrote when otherwise apparently deeply stuporous.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • Atypical features in stupor have to do mainly with interruptions, interludes as it were, of elation, anxiety or perplexity.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • (In the present work we use the words usual, unusual, typical, and atypical with neither quotation marks nor apology).
  • Extract from : « Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard » by Laurence M. Hardy
  • Obviously the formula is complex, and possibly the specimen is atypical in this regard.
  • Extract from : « Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard » by Laurence M. Hardy

Synonyms for atypical

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