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untypical

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·typ·i·cal /ʌnˈtɪpɪkəl/ adjective  not having the usual features or qualities that you would expect 不典型的,无代表性的 atypicaluntypical of a building that is quite untypical of the period in which it was built 没有其建造时期特征的一幢建筑 These problems are not untypical (=they are normal). 这些问题没什么不寻常。untypically /-kli/ adverb
Examples from the Corpus
untypicalThe train's 20-minute delay, my Japanese friend informed me, was most untypical.But things taken for granted attract less attention than the striking and untypical.It is at such times that the independence of the Supreme Court is at its greatest, but they are rather untypical.For some reason, and with untypical boldness, she took a step forward and walked into the room.As a not untypical consumer of financial services, I was annoyed in two ways.In an untypical display of linguistic diarrhoea, Mr Head's character finally managed several sentences all in one go this week.Something equally untypical happened on the Hikari back to Tokyo, a delay of twenty minutes.The teachers are not untypical in their problems with two language codes.Also at thirty-one, he reports a brief, untypical lapse to Louise: the desire to chuck in literature.The solemn tone of this story is untypical of her usual style.These figures, which are not untypical, underline a school's dependence upon parental and non-state support.not untypicalHowever, the performance was not untypical.The career of Ibrahim Nanno represents a not untypical career pattern among constables in the second half of the nineteenth century.As a not untypical consumer of financial services, I was annoyed in two ways.As an aristocrat Hartington was not untypical in regarding them as evangelical fanatics who needed restraining.The teachers are not untypical in their problems with two language codes.And this kind of process, one might add, is not untypical of the career of theories in natural science.This particular type of robot application was not untypical, the researchers found.These figures, which are not untypical, underline a school's dependence upon parental and non-state support.
un·typ·i·cal adjectiveChineseSyllable
having qualities not the Corpus usual or features


untypical
untypical /ʌnˈtɪpɪkəl/ adjective
not having the usual features or qualities that you would expect ⇨ atypical
    untypical of
    a building that is quite untypical of the period in which it was built
    These problems are not untypical (=they are normal).
—untypically /-kli/ adverb


un·typ·icalBrE /ʌnˈtɪpɪkl/ 🔊NAmE /ʌnˈtɪpɪkl/ 🔊 adjective~ (of sb/sth) not typical 不典型的;无代表性的;无特征的an untypical example非典型的例子Schools in this area are quite untypical of schools in the rest of the country. 这个地区的学校根本不能代表全国其他地区的学校。🔊🔊All in all, it had been a not untypical day (= it had been very like other days). 总而言之,那一天平平常常,并没有什么特别。🔊🔊 OPP typical   compare atypical un·typ·ic·al·ly BrE /ʌnˈtɪpɪkli/ 🔊NAmE /ʌnˈtɪpɪkli/ 🔊 adverb