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Uncharacteristic

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not characteristic.
  2. 2
    Out of character; behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing.

    "The decision to preannounce an unproven technology was an uncharacteristic one for Intel, said G. Dan Hutcheson, president of VLSI Research Inc., and a longtime observer of the company."

Adjective
  1. 1
    distinctive and not typical wordnet

Etymology

From un- + characteristic.

See also for "uncharacteristic"

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