Origin: Latin
suffix -al
Atypical has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Noun
1
An atypical antipsychotic.
"The doctor prescribed an atypical antipsychotic to help manage my symptoms without causing severe weight gain like older medications did."
Adjective
1
not representative of a group, class, or type
"a class of atypical mosses"
"atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"
2
deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal
"these days large families are atypical"
"atypical clinical findings"
"atypical pneumonia"
"highly irregular behavior"
3
Not conforming to the normal type.
"The sudden snowstorm was atypical for our region in July, leaving everyone confused and unprepared."
Example Sentences
"a class of atypical mosses"
adjective
"atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"
adjective
"these days large families are atypical"
adjective
"atypical clinical findings"
adjective
"atypical pneumonia"
adjective
"highly irregular behavior"
adjective
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