uncharacteristic

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ characteristic.

Adjective

uncharacteristic (comparative more uncharacteristic, superlative most uncharacteristic)

1. Not characteristic.
2. Out of character; behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing.
   • 2004 November 29, John Markoff, “The Disco Ball of Failed Hopes and Other Tales From Inside Intel”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

not characteristic

• Bulgarian: нехарактерен (bg) (neharakteren)
• Danish: ukarakteristisk

behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing

• Danish: ukarakteristisk