uncharacteristic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   distinctive and not typical

   a book uncharacteristic of its author

2. 2
   adj

   Out of character; behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing.

   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.

3. 3
   adj

   Not characteristic.

Etymology

From un- + characteristic.