uncharacteristic

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uncharacteristic

adjective more uncharacteristic · most uncharacteristic

Not characteristic.
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.

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@misc{uncharacteristic_2026,
  title = {uncharacteristic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uncharacteristic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}