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Atypical

That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type.

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Abnormal 84% connected

Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Abnormal 84% connected

Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.

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Unnatural 84% connected

Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.

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Unnatural 84% connected

Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.

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Abnormal 66% connected

Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.

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Abnormal 66% connected

Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.

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Unnatural 66% connected

Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.

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Unnatural 66% connected

Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.

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Atypic 92% connected

Alt. of Atypical

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Irregular 92% connected

Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to th…

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-type noun · 78% connection

A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print; type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype, m…

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Ambitionless adjective · 78% connection

Devoid of ambition.

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Callosity noun · 78% connection

devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

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Crassitude noun · 78% connection

the quality of being crass — devoid of refinement

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Cryophorus noun · 78% connection

An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connecte…

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Destitute adjective · 78% connection

Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

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Devoid verb · 78% connection

Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride.

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Dichroism noun · 78% connection

The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in…

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Difform adjective · 78% connection

Irregular in form; -- opposed to uniform; anomalous; hence, unlike; dissimilar; as, to difform corolla, the parts of which do not corr…

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Empty superl. · 78% connection

Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.

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Example noun · 78% connection

an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an ex…

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Foray noun · 78% connection

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

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Geometrical irregularity noun · 78% connection

an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern

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Gymnoplast noun · 78% connection

A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.

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Hardness noun · 78% connection

devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

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Heteroclite noun · 78% connection

A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in wor…

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Homologous adjective · 78% connection

Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and…

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Illustration noun · 78% connection

an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an ex…

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