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atypical

/eɪˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/

atypical adjective: not conforming to the normal type.

Adjective

atypical (comparative more atypical, superlative most atypical)

  1. Not conforming to the normal type.
    • The condition also has an associated atypical development of the retina and optic nerve misrouting, resulting in significant vision issues.2018 May 12, Stephanie Sinclair, “'What I Learned From Adopting Two Children With Rare Genetic Conditions'”, in Time, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2024
  2. Unusual or irregular.

Noun

atypical (plural atypicals)

  1. (pharmacy) An atypical antipsychotic.

atypical meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

atypical in Tamil

பிறழ்வான, இயல்பற்ற, வகையிலி, பொதுமாதிரியல்லாத

atypical in Urdu

بےنمونہ, بےقائدہ

atypical in Bengali

অস্বাভাবিক, ব্যতিক্রমী

atypical in Malayalam

uncommon, unusual, untypical
വർഗ്ഗമാതൃകയല്ലാത്ത, ലാക്ഷണികമല്ലാത്ത, അന്യസാധാരണ, അസാമാന്യ, അന്യാദൃശ, അസാധാരണ
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atypical in Indonesian
atipikal

Examples of atypical in a sentence

  • Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals.
  • The atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine is a dibenzodiazepine.
  • Kalasha is phonologically atypical because it contrasts plain, long, nasal, and retroflex vowels as well as combinations of these.

All 18 example sentences with atypical

Antonyms of atypical

Forms of atypical

Adjective
comparativemore atypical
superlativemost atypical
Noun
pluralatypicals

Origin of atypical

From a- + typical.

Words formed from atypical

Phrases with atypical

Questions about atypical

What does atypical mean?
Atypical means not conforming to the normal type.
What is atypical in Tamil?
Atypical in Tamil is பிறழ்வான, இயல்பற்ற, வகையிலி. See Atypical meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is atypical?
Atypical can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce atypical?
Atypical is pronounced /eɪˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/ (UK).

Words near atypical in the dictionary

  1. atyids
  2. atylid
  3. atylids
  4. atypia
  5. atypic
  6. atypical
  7. atypical antipsychotic
  8. atypical antipsychotics
  9. atypical autism
  10. atypical pneumonia
  11. atypical pneumonias

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: atypical (page history and authors); atypical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atypical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atypical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atypical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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