English-Finnish translations for unusual

• epätavallinen
  Tämä on täysin epätavallinen menettelytapa. This is a very unusual occurrence.
  Lainsäädäntöehdotus on epätavallinen. This legislative proposal is unusual.
  Tässä mielessä tämä talousarvio on epätavallinen. In this respect it is an unusual budget.
• harvinainen
  Meillä on harvinainen ongelma tänä iltana, olemme nimittäin huomattavasti edellä aikataulusta. We have an unusual problem this evening in that we are running very much ahead of ourselves.
  Sitä paitsi kaikki Jemenissä käyneet tietävät, että lähes kaikilla on veitsi, eikä kalashnikovia kantava teini ole harvinainen. Besides, everyone who has been to Yemen knows that almost everyone carries a knife, and a teenager with a Kalashnikov is nothing unusual.
  Pallosalamat ovat hyvin harvinaisia.
• erikoinen
  Pekalla on erikoinen vanha museoauto.
  Pekka on erikoinen.

Definition of unusual

• Not usual, out of the ordinary
• Something that is unusual; an anomaly

Examples

• Every once in a while, though, Idol comes across an unusual talent who just blows everyone away
• It’s definitely not unusual for a couple to meet through friends or be set up on a date
• His behavior was unusual in that it was considered childish for a man of his age
• I’ve had no problem with female docs. I’ve had some – how should I say it – unusual experiences with a couple of male ones. And I have heard from girlfriends about their unusual experiences as well

Related words

• unusually
• unusualness
• unusually good
• most unusual