Dictionary entry
Uncharacteristically
Pronunciation: /ˌʌnkarəktəˈrɪstɪkli/
Pronunciation
/ˌʌnkarəktəˈrɪstɪkli/
Myanmar Meaning
ထူးထူးခြားခြား။ တစ်မူထူးလျက်။
Definition
uncharacteristic / ʌnkærǝktǝ'rÇstÇk / adj ~ (of sb) ဓေလ့မဟုတ္ေသာ။ လုပ္ေလ့မရိွေသာ။ make an uncharacteristic mistake ❍ Such behaviour is uncharacteristic of her. ❏ uncharacteristically adv ထူးထူးျခားျခား။ တစ္မူထူးလ်က္။
Examples
- ‘Last month
- the flamboyant Messier appeared to accept his downfall with uncharacteristic humility
- and departed.’
- ‘The authors offered neither diagnosis nor cure for the Arabs' inexplicable and uncharacteristic lack of hospitality.’
- ‘If you were in the north of England on Saturday and you heard this uncharacteristic outburst
- I apologise if I alarmed you.’
- ‘A fortnight ago it was his uncharacteristic blunder which helped Celtic take the initiative in the first Old Firm game of the season.’
- ‘So what drew Offenbach to such uncharacteristic subject matter?’
- ‘Whatever was amiss
- and something definitely was
- this was a most uncharacteristic display by Munster.’
- ‘And then
- just when he had reason to be content with a display of uncharacteristic tenacity
- he missed an easy putt for par on the last.’
- ‘His family said that was uncharacteristic as he rarely drank.’
- ‘Greta Garbo retired in 1941 after the failure of the uncharacteristic comedy Two-Faced Woman.’
- ‘He recalls he wanted to become a priest for her
- a seemingly uncharacteristic trait for one now so sceptical of the Catholic church.’
- ‘The poll tax actions were neither new nor uncharacteristic.’
- ‘At first glance
- it was a curiously cold moment
- uncharacteristic of such a popular and outgoing figure.’
- ‘Lying awake last night in an uncharacteristic attack of insomnia
- I started wondering about the height of various bloggers.’
- ‘His many readers
- including me
- had become increasingly puzzled and concerned by his uncharacteristic silence.’
- ‘An uncharacteristic lull in the match might have given Airdrie a false sense of security
- but the third came in 62 minutes.’
- ‘Other symptoms can be an aversion to bright light
- an inability to speak or control movement and uncharacteristic behaviour.’
- ‘He crossed the room and threw his arms around his twin in an uncharacteristic display of emotions.’
- ‘In one appearance
- after the first bout of bombing
- he was wearing uncharacteristic horn-rimmed spectacles.’
- ‘When it comes to final verdicts
- Scotland gave it their best shot once some uncharacteristic problems in the line-out had been ironed out.’
- ‘Again
- though
- a lot of people made uncharacteristic mistakes at inopportune moments that cost Scotland dearly.’