Usually means: Not typical of usual behavior.
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  1. uncharacteristic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. uncharacteristic: Merriam-Webster
  3. uncharacteristic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. uncharacteristic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. uncharacteristic: Collins English Dictionary
  6. uncharacteristic: Vocabulary.com
  7. Uncharacteristic, uncharacteristic: Wordnik
  8. uncharacteristic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. uncharacteristic: Wiktionary
  10. uncharacteristic: Dictionary.com
  11. uncharacteristic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. uncharacteristic: Rhymezone
  13. uncharacteristic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. uncharacteristic: FreeDictionary.org
  15. uncharacteristic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. uncharacteristic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Not characteristic.
▸ adjective:  Out of character; behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing.

Similar:
atypical, uncharacteristic of, noncharacteristic, uncharacterized, nontypical, ununusual, unusual, untypical, unhabitual, unmonklike, more...

Opposite:
characteristic, typical, normal, consistent

Types:
atypical, abnormal, unusual, uncommon, rare, more...

Phrases:
uncharacteristic of, unlike uncharacteristic, more...

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    chartreuse,     mauve,     puce,     periwinkle,     taupe, more...
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Similar:
atypical, uncharacteristic of, noncharacteristic, uncharacterized, nontypical, ununusual, unusual, untypical, unhabitual, unmonklike, more...

Opposite:
characteristic, typical, normal, consistent

Types:
atypical, abnormal, unusual, uncommon, rare, more...

Phrases:
uncharacteristic of, unlike uncharacteristic, more...

Colors:
    chartreuse,     mauve,     puce,     periwinkle,     taupe, more...



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