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uncharacteristic

uncharacteristic adjective: not characteristic.

Adjective

uncharacteristic (comparative more uncharacteristic, superlative most uncharacteristic)

  1. Not characteristic.
  2. Out of character; behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing.
    • The decision to preannounce an unproven technology was an uncharacteristic one for Intel, said G. Dan Hutcheson, president of VLSI Research Inc., and a longtime observer of the company.2004 November 29, John Markoff, “The Disco Ball of Failed Hopes and Other Tales From Inside Intel”, in The New York Times

Synonyms of uncharacteristic

Forms of uncharacteristic

comparativemore uncharacteristic
superlativemost uncharacteristic

Origin of uncharacteristic

From un- + characteristic.

Words formed from uncharacteristic

Questions about uncharacteristic

What does uncharacteristic mean?
Uncharacteristic means not characteristic.
What part of speech is uncharacteristic?
Uncharacteristic is an adjective.

Words near uncharacteristic in the dictionary

  1. unchapped
  2. unchaptered
  3. uncharactered
  4. uncharacterisable
  5. uncharacterised
  6. uncharacteristic
  7. uncharacteristically
  8. uncharacterizability
  9. uncharacterizable
  10. uncharacterized
  11. uncharcoaled

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