adj
Meaning 1
Not conforming to the normal type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
atypical
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /eɪˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/
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CMU ARPABET: EY2 T IH1 P IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Unusual or irregular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An atypical antipsychotic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: pharmacy
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
not representative of a group, class, or type
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: untypical
Antonyms: typical
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- these days large families are atypical
- atypical clinical findings
- atypical pneumonia
- highly irregular behavior
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: irregular
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English typical English atypical From a- + typical.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: atípic — not conforming to the norm
- Chinese Mandarin: 反常的 (fǎncháng de) — not conforming to the norm
- Chinese Mandarin: 非典型的 (fēidiǎnxíng de) — not conforming to the norm
- Danish: atypisk — not conforming to the norm
- Esperanto: nenormala — not conforming to the norm
- Esperanto: malkutima — not conforming to the norm
- Estonian: ebatüüpiline — not conforming to the norm
- Finnish: epätyypillinen — not conforming to the norm
- Finnish: epätavallinen — not conforming to the norm
- French: atypique — not conforming to the norm
- Georgian: ატიპური (aṭiṗuri) — not conforming to the norm
- Georgian: არატიპური (araṭiṗuri) — not conforming to the norm
- German: atypisch — not conforming to the norm
- Indonesian: atipikal — not conforming to the norm
- Italian: atipico — not conforming to the norm
- Polish: nietypowy — not conforming to the norm
- Portuguese: atípico — not conforming to the norm
- Romanian: atipic — not conforming to the norm
- Romanian: netipic — not conforming to the norm
- Romanian: neconform — not conforming to the norm
- Russian: нетипи́чный (netipíčnyj) — not conforming to the norm
- Spanish: atípico — not conforming to the norm
- Swedish: atypisk — not conforming to the norm
- Ukrainian: нетипо́вий (netypóvyj) — not conforming to the norm
- Chinese Mandarin: 異常的 /异常的 (yìcháng de) — irregular
- Chinese Mandarin: 非典型的 (fēidiǎnxíng de) — irregular
- Finnish: epätavallinen — irregular
- French: atypique — irregular
- Indonesian: atipikal — irregular
- Polish: nietypowy — irregular
- Polish: nieregularny — irregular
Real reading context