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  • 1uncharacteristic — index improper, novel Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2uncharacteristic — 1753, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + CHARACTERISTIC (Cf. characteristic) (adj.). Related: Uncharacteristically …

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  • 3uncharacteristic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not typical of a particular person or thing. DERIVATIVES uncharacteristically adverb …

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  • 4uncharacteristic — [spelling only] …

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  • 5uncharacteristic — adj. 1) uncharacteristic of 2) uncharacteristic to + inf. (it was uncharacteristic of her not to answer her correspondence) * * * [ ʌnˌkærɪktə rɪstɪk] uncharacteristicof uncharacteristic to+ inf. (it was uncharacteristic of her not to answer her… …

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  • 6uncharacteristic — [[t]ʌ̱nkærɪktərɪ̱stɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ of n If you describe something as uncharacteristic of someone, you mean that it is not typical of them. It was uncharacteristic of her father to disappear like this. ...an uncharacteristic lack of… …

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  • 7uncharacteristic — un|char|ac|ter|is|tic [ʌnˌkærıtəˈrıstık] adj not typical of someone or something and therefore surprising uncharacteristic of ▪ It s uncharacteristic of her to be late. >uncharacteristically [ kli] adv ▪ He was uncharacteristically quiet …

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  • 8uncharacteristic — adjective Date: 1748 not characteristic ; not typical or distinctive < uncharacteristic outbursts of temper > • uncharacteristically adverb …

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  • 9uncharacteristic — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ very ▪ completely, quite, totally ▪ rather …

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  • 10uncharacteristic — un|char|ac|ter|is|tic [ ʌn,kerəktə rıstık ] adjective not typical of someone s usual behavior or performance, and therefore surprising: The champion s play was full of uncharacteristic mistakes. ╾ un|char|ac|ter|is|ti|cal|ly [ ʌn,kerəktə rıstıkli …

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