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adjective

abnormal

CEFR B1

not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

In a sentence

Six example sentences with abnormal, each labelled with its topic.

  • The blood panel came back abnormal, with one enzyme sitting far outside the range the lab considers healthy.

    Medicine

  • Sleeping four hours and feeling refreshed is abnormal, and researchers study the rare families who genuinely do it.

    Psychology

  • Three consecutive quarters of falling prices are abnormal for this economy, which has grown steadily since the war.

    Economics

  • Analysts hunt for abnormal returns, the gains a stock earns beyond what its risk level would predict.

    Finance

  • Abnormal rainfall in March flooded nests along the estuary, and the wardens counted half the usual number of chicks.

    Environment

  • The server logged abnormal traffic at three in the morning, ten times the normal load from a single address.

    Technology

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