Antonyms for exceptional

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ik-sep-shuh-nl

Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsɛp ʃə nl

Definition of exceptional

Origin : 1846, from exception + -al (1). Related: exceptionally.

adj irregular
adj excellent, wonderful

Example sentences :

Every year he adds some fresh decoration, some new and exceptional scene.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

Of course there's a horde of applicants, but you're exceptional; you know that.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

His next move proved that his cunning was of an exceptional order.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

But then he is an exceptional and note-worthy man--one among ten thousand.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

What had any of these people done that was noble, exceptional, distinguished?
Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton

For the circumstances of Freeland are exceptional in more than one respect.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

Yet nowadays, to enable a man to remark this, exceptional culture is required.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

Why this exceptional divergence in the case of a single pair of monkeys?
Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright

And they were all agreed that their mother was an exceptional woman.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

It is the exceptional men and women who remember their youth.
Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor

Synonyms for exceptional

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