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Use uncharacteristic in a sentence

Definition of uncharacteristic:

  • (adjective) distinctive and not typical; "a book uncharacteristic of its author"

Sentence Examples:

The theater of Rouen is quite uncharacteristic of the passion which the French usually entertain for spectacles.

Sulfuric acid develops an uncharacteristic light brown color.

She tried to suppress it, but again the strange and uncharacteristic stubbornness crept over her.

It was a smiling, vacuous, uncharacteristic photograph, and he abandoned it for a bulky album stamped with his initials.

"You freeze my blood," was my uncharacteristic rejoinder.

The prime minister whirled with uncharacteristic abruptness.

He made models, he tried experiments, he brought to bear all his prodigious knowledge of mathematics on the subject of traveling in air, with an enthusiasm, a childish earnestness, which is not uncharacteristic of genius.

He made models, he tried experiments, he brought to bear all his prodigious knowledge of mathematics on the subject of travelling in air, with an enthusiasm, a childish earnestness, which is not uncharacteristic of genius.

Happily, I was not the only girl to have fostered such a "sexually uncharacteristic" whim, and the two of us felt less ridiculous seated among our masculine counterparts, knowing our endeavor was not entirely foreign to the minds of other females.

The alleged 'too much labor' is singularly uncharacteristic.

What could have excited him so to-night that he had ventured forth from his shell with such uncharacteristic fireworks?

It was as startling as it was uncharacteristic, and the first exhibition of club-fright witnessed by any of the company.

Only one early letter has been preserved, and it gives no clue as to its date, beyond the fact that it is printed in childish capitals, which are, however, wonderfully straight, and shows an uncharacteristic uncertainty as to spelling.

"I can't help it," she burst out with quite uncharacteristic impetuosity.

For, while we have desired to respect the classifications made by others, we have in many cases found it impossible to do so, owing to uncharacteristic definition, which, without doubt, has been unavoidable.