Dictionary entry

Uncharacteristically

Pronunciation: /ˌʌnkarəktəˈrɪstɪkli/

Pronunciation

/ˌʌnkarəktəˈrɪstɪkli/

Myanmar Meaning

ထူးထူးခြားခြား။ တစ်မူထူးလျက်။

Definition

uncharacteristic / ʌnkærǝktǝ'rÇstÇk / adj ~ (of sb) ဓေလ့မဟုတ္ေသာ။ လုပ္ေလ့မရိွေသာ။ make an uncharacteristic mistake ❍ Such behaviour is uncharacteristic of her. ❏ uncharacteristically adv ထူးထူးျခားျခား။ တစ္မူထူးလ်က္။

Examples

  1. ‘Last month
  2. the flamboyant Messier appeared to accept his downfall with uncharacteristic humility
  3. and departed.’
  4. ‘The authors offered neither diagnosis nor cure for the Arabs' inexplicable and uncharacteristic lack of hospitality.’
  5. ‘If you were in the north of England on Saturday and you heard this uncharacteristic outburst
  6. I apologise if I alarmed you.’
  7. ‘A fortnight ago it was his uncharacteristic blunder which helped Celtic take the initiative in the first Old Firm game of the season.’
  8. ‘So what drew Offenbach to such uncharacteristic subject matter?’
  9. ‘Whatever was amiss
  10. and something definitely was
  11. this was a most uncharacteristic display by Munster.’
  12. ‘And then
  13. just when he had reason to be content with a display of uncharacteristic tenacity
  14. he missed an easy putt for par on the last.’
  15. ‘His family said that was uncharacteristic as he rarely drank.’
  16. ‘Greta Garbo retired in 1941 after the failure of the uncharacteristic comedy Two-Faced Woman.’
  17. ‘He recalls he wanted to become a priest for her
  18. a seemingly uncharacteristic trait for one now so sceptical of the Catholic church.’
  19. ‘The poll tax actions were neither new nor uncharacteristic.’
  20. ‘At first glance
  21. it was a curiously cold moment
  22. uncharacteristic of such a popular and outgoing figure.’
  23. ‘Lying awake last night in an uncharacteristic attack of insomnia
  24. I started wondering about the height of various bloggers.’
  25. ‘His many readers
  26. including me
  27. had become increasingly puzzled and concerned by his uncharacteristic silence.’
  28. ‘An uncharacteristic lull in the match might have given Airdrie a false sense of security
  29. but the third came in 62 minutes.’
  30. ‘Other symptoms can be an aversion to bright light
  31. an inability to speak or control movement and uncharacteristic behaviour.’
  32. ‘He crossed the room and threw his arms around his twin in an uncharacteristic display of emotions.’
  33. ‘In one appearance
  34. after the first bout of bombing
  35. he was wearing uncharacteristic horn-rimmed spectacles.’
  36. ‘When it comes to final verdicts
  37. Scotland gave it their best shot once some uncharacteristic problems in the line-out had been ironed out.’
  38. ‘Again
  39. though
  40. a lot of people made uncharacteristic mistakes at inopportune moments that cost Scotland dearly.’