as in abnormal
departing from some accepted standard of what is normal
in wartime what was once regarded as clearly aberrational becomes the new norm
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Adjective
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The Dodgers swept Milwaukee in that best-of-three first-round series in 2020 and went on to win the whole thing, albeit in abnormal conditions.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025 -
In multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells build up in the bone marrow and crowd out healthy blood-forming cells, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But in images with few items and sparser backgrounds, the spatial effect looks unnatural.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
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These systems check everything from micro-expressions to unnatural lighting, skin texture or moiré patterns left by screen replays.—
Ihar Kliashchou,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Aberrational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aberrational. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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