atypical

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ typical.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /eɪˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/

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Adjective

atypical (comparative more atypical, superlative most atypical)

1. Not conforming to the normal type.
   • 2018 May 12, Stephanie Sinclair, “'What I Learned From Adopting Two Children With Rare Genetic Conditions'”, in Time‎:

     The condition also has an associated atypical development of the retina and optic nerve misrouting, resulting in significant vision issues.

2. Unusual or irregular.

Antonyms

• typical

Derived terms

• atypical autism
• atypicality
• atypically
• atypicalness
• atypical pneumonia
• atypical tarantula
• neuroatypical
• neuroatypicality
• nonatypical

Translations

not conforming to the norm

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: atípic Chinese: Mandarin: 反常的 (fǎncháng de), 非典型的 (fēidiǎnxíng de) Danish: atypisk Esperanto: nenormala, malkutima Estonian: ebatüüpiline Finnish: epätyypillinen (fi), epätavallinen (fi) French: atypique (fr) Georgian: ატიპური (aṭiṗuri), არატიპური (araṭiṗuri) German: atypisch (de) Italian: atipico (it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Polish: nietypowy (pl) Portuguese: atípico (pt) Romanian: atipic (ro), netipic, neconform Russian: нетипи́чный (ru) (netipíčnyj) Spanish: atípico (es) Swedish: atypisk (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: нетипо́вий (netypóvyj) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

irregular

Chinese: Mandarin: 異常的 / 异常的 (yìcháng de), 非典型的 (fēidiǎnxíng de) Finnish: epätavallinen (fi) French: atypique (fr) Polish: nietypowy (pl), nieregularny (pl)

Noun

atypical (plural atypicals)

1. (pharmacy) An atypical antipsychotic.