aberrant
adjective
, ə-, -ˈbe-rənt; ˈa-bə-rənt, -ˌber-ənt, -ˌbe-rənt
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aberrant
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Synonyms & Antonyms for aberrant
Synonyms: Adjective
aberrated, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, especial, exceeding, exceptional, extraordinaire, extraordinary, freak, odd, peculiar, phenomenal, preternatural, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted
Antonyms: Adjective
common, customary, normal, ordinary, typical, unexceptional, unextraordinary, usual
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Examples of aberrant in a Sentence
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The stones, silvered in the moon's aberrant light, shone like spectral tombs, and the figures, which Dalgliesh knew were Helena, Lettie and the Bostocks, became discarnate shapes disappearing into the darkness. — P. D. James, The Private Patient, 2008 … as if he had happily spied an aberrant crocus amid the wintry gray scene of Presidential impeachment. — Francis X. Clines, New York Times, 8 Jan. 1999 … at the brief and aberrant moment in time when it was possible to believe that America owed its great place in the world to its military and moral virtue rather than to the weight of its currency. — Lewis H. Lapham, Harper's, March 1992 a year of aberrant weather—record rainfall in the summer, record heat in the autumn aberrant behavior can be a sign of rabies in a wild animal
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But much of this legal software is designed to help firms standardize their contracts by quickly finding aberrant clauses, rather than helping companies create bespoke contracts for each vendor or supplier. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, "‘Skype Mafia’ Backs A.I. Startup Automating Contract Negotiations," 11 Sep. 2019 Increasingly, suicide became socially and morally aberrant. — Simon Harold Walker, Time, "If We Want to Address the Crisis of Veteran Suicide, We Must Acknowledge Its History," 6 Sep. 2019 Trump’s aberrant behavior — that is, linking his excesses to some possible underlying disorder, rather than just noting them on their own. — James Fallows, The Atlantic, "On Trump and Queeg: A Followup," 25 Aug. 2019 T cells, after all, were already capable of recognizing and attacking aberrant cells. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, "The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies," 15 July 2019 And portraying Trump as aberrant gives sometime Republican voters who don’t wish to feel personally implicated in the profound rot of the conservative movement cover to vote for Biden. — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, "In search of the Democratic Party's fighting spirit," 20 June 2019 Most research to date has focused on how aberrant DNA drives disease, but even healthy bodies harbor genetic disorder. — Quanta Magazine, "I Contain Multitudes," 21 Aug. 2014 But calling God by various other names isn’t considered strange or aberrant to conservative Christians — in fact, Christian bookstores have long sold posters celebrating God’s many monikers. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "The First Man controversy is grounded in partisanship, not patriotism," 13 Sep. 2018 Green described Oyekanmi’s conduct as aberrant from the work performed by correctional officers across the state. — Dan Morse, Washington Post, "‘An enormous abuse of the trust,’ judge tells former jail officer sentenced for sex act with inmate," 26 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'aberrant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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aberrant
adjective
, ə-; ˈab-ə-rənt
, -ˌe(ə)r-ənt\