Meaning & use
anything but typical
Used to emphasize that something is very unusual and not at all ordinary or expected.
See it in a sentence
The ending of the film was anything but typical, surprising every critic.
Her career path has been anything but typical for someone in finance.
A note on using this word
The pattern "anything but + adjective" strongly denies a quality, as in "anything but easy" or "anything but pleased."
Words with a similar meaning
unconventionalfar from ordinary
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Words with an opposite meaning
typicalordinary
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