outlier

noun/ˈaʊtˌlaɪər/

Frequency rank: #14,921 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a person or thing that is very different from the expected norm or that lies outside the main group.

Illustration for the English word “outlier”

Example sentence

The scientist noticed that one data point was a clear outlier compared to the rest of the results.

Synonyms & related words

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