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anomalous adjective [ əˈnɒm(ə)ləs ]

• deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.
• "an anomalous situation"
Similar: abnormal, atypical, non-typical, irregular, aberrant, exceptional, freak, freakish, odd, bizarre, peculiar, unusual, out of the ordinary, inconsistent, incongruous, deviant, deviating, divergent, eccentric, rare, singular, backasswards,
Opposite: normal, typical, regular,
Origin: mid 17th century: via late Latin from Greek anōmalos (from an- ‘not’ + homalos ‘even’) + -ous.


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