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^[1]:

     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.