untypical

Example Sentences

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Recalling an untypical teenage boy "with the innocence of a new-born child", she said he suffered from bullying.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

That was an untypical statement of intent in the discreet world of Olympic politics.

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2023

The torrential rains were untypical for winter months.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2023

In dramatic language untypical of grand jury reports, they continued, "neither can we say they played no role in creating the darkness in which this malignancy grew."

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2022

This was the type of case, not at all untypical in South Africa, that offered a moral jigsaw puzzle.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela