uncharacteristic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Hellenic *-tḗr

Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr)

Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō)

Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)

Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós)der.

English characteristic

English uncharacteristic

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.

Synonyms

• foreign

Derived terms

• uncharacteristically

Translations

not characteristic

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

behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing

• Danish: ukarakteristisk