[responsivevoice]anomalous[/responsivevoice] [ uh-nom-uh-luh s ]
The word of the day is ‘anomalous’.
The word is an Adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Unsual
2. Deviating from normal
3. Abnormal
4. Atypical
1. It is not anomalous, but more like and not less like other men.
2. What was anomalous in my position had passed away with the next outward mail
3. The appearance of these two girls in this earthy family was anomalous.
4. The position of the episcopal church was anomalous and perplexing.
5. She explained this anomalous proceeding to his grandmother privately.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
abnormal, atypical, divergent, incongruous, peculiar, unnatural, aberrant, bizarre, eccentric, exceptional, foreign, heteroclite, inconsistent, irregular, odd, preternatural, prodigious, rare. strange, unorthodox, unrepresentative, untypical, unusual, non-typical, freak, freakish, out of the ordinary, incongruous, deviant, deviating, singular, backasswards, etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
normal, ordinary, standard, usual, conforming, regular, typical, etc.
Quotation:
I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
Eric Clapton
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