outlier
noun/ˈaʊtˌlaɪər/
Frequency rank: #14,921 most common English word
Meaning
a person or thing that is very different from the expected norm or that lies outside the main group.
Example sentence
The scientist noticed that one data point was clearly outlier compared to the rest of the results.
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