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Princeton's WordNet

  1. atypical, untypicaladjective

    not representative of a group, class, or type

    "a group that is atypical of the target audience"; "a class of atypical mosses"; "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"

  2. atypical, irregularadjective

    deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal

    "these days large families are atypical"; "atypical clinical findings"; "atypical pneumonia"; "highly irregular behavior"

Wiktionary

  1. atypicalnoun

    An atypical antipsychotic.

  2. atypicaladjective

    Not conforming to the normal type.

  3. atypicaladjective

    Unusual or irregular.

Wikipedia

  1. Atypical

    Atypical is an American comedy-drama television series created by Robia Rashid for Netflix. It focuses on the life of 18-year-old Sam Gardner (Keir Gilchrist), who is on the autism spectrum. The first season was released on August 11, 2017, consisting of eight episodes. The 10-episode second season was released on September 7, 2018. In October 2018, the series was renewed for a third season of ten episodes, which was released on November 1, 2019. In February 2020, it was renewed for a fourth and final season, which premiered on July 9, 2021. The first season received mostly positive reviews. However, it was highly criticized by some sources for its lack of autistic actors, and inaccuracies in its depiction of autism. The second season featured autistic actors and writers, giving them an opportunity to work and represent their community, and received mostly positive reviews. The third season continued this positive development and received overwhelmingly positive reviews.

ChatGPT

  1. atypical

    Atypical refers to something that is not representative of a type, group, or class; deviating from the norm or standard; unusual or irregular. It's often used to describe behaviors, conditions, or results that are different from what is considered typical or expected.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Atypicaladjective

    that has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type

  2. Etymology: [Pref. a- not + typic, typical.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ATYPICAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ATYPICAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of ATYPICAL in a Sentence

  1. Katie Britt:

    We worked hard to reach out and to spread the conservative message to even atypical groups, to bring as many people into the fold as possible, because I believe when people hear our plan, when they hear our vision, when they hear where we are on the policies, we will win. So it is my hope that we can do that, that we can come together, that we can step up and be a real force for change. We can't do that if we're fragmented.

  2. Health Minister Chen Shih-chung:

    News resources today indicate that at least seven atypical pneumonia cases were reported in Wuhan, China, their health authorities replied to the media that the cases were believed not to be SARS, however the samples are still under examination, and cases have been isolated for treatment.

  3. Christopher Labos:

    Many times heart attacks can present with atypical symptoms, sometimes it's a dull ache, sometimes it's burning pain, sometimes it's a sharp stabbing pain, and it can be really tough for patients to know if this is actually their heart or not.

  4. Brady Byrnes:

    We also recognize that alcohol can contribute to atypical behavior from customers onboard and we owe it to our crew not to potentially exacerbate what can already be a new and stressful situation for our customers.

  5. Paul Greene:

    Her urine was consistent with the consumption of pork that was containing high levels of nandrolone. We told this to the lab before her B-sample was tested. Under the rules they were supposed to account for it. When your urinary markers are where they were with Shelby’s – in the very, very low range – it is impossible for the machine that does the testing to distinguish between these two, there’s a way to do that called an atypical finding and that’s what we think should have been done in Shelby’s case and it wasn’t.

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