Meaning

2 senses

  1. Not conforming to the normal type.

    atypisch

    нетипи́чныйnetipíčnyj

    нетипо́вийnetypóvyj

    not representative of a group, class, or type

  2. Unusual or irregular.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom is taking an atypical antipsychotic.

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  2. Hutchinson's freckle is a lentigo composed of atypical melanocytes.

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  3. It's not atypical.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
not conforming to the norm:
Русский
By meaning 1
not conforming to the norm:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not conforming to the norm:

Forms

more atypical, most atypical
Comparativemore atypical Lesson
Superlativemost atypical Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal:irregular
  • not representative of a group, class, or type:untypicalatypic

Antonyms

1 antonyms
typicalB1

Word family

8 related words
Relatedatypicality
Derivedatypical autismatypicallyatypical pneumoniaatypical tarantulaneuroatypicalneuroatypicalitynonatypical

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
attributionattritionC2attuneaubergineB2auburnauction

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