Word family noun type typology adjective typical ≠ atypical typological verb typify adverb typically
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishatypicala‧typ‧i‧cal /eɪˈtɪpɪkəl/ ●○○ adjective TYPICALnot typical or usualExamples from the Corpus
atypical• High school students who do volunteer work are not atypical.• Their housing situation is not atypical, even for this affluent suburb.• The newer, so-called atypical medicines are helping change the face of mental illness, experts agree.• We report photographic follow-up of patients with 3 or more clinically atypical naevi and 20 or more benign naevi.• We followed up 116 patients each with 3 or more clinically atypical naevi for at least 5 years.• They are also quite atypical of large-company manager-subordinate relations in traditional firms.• The firms involved are often multinational in a way that is atypical of most other financial markets.• This bird is atypical of most species here in that it does not build a nest.• Such letters of complaint are atypical; the foundation usually receives nothing but praise and admiration for our work. 