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The phrase "against type" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone or something that does not conform to the expected characteristics or traits associated with a particular category or role.
Example: "The actor's performance was surprisingly compelling, as it was against type for him to play such a serious character."
Alternatives: "out of character" or "not typical".
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Or deliberately against type?
But he fought against type.
Spock always played against type.
He liked playing against type.
Other "Sequenzas" cast against type.
But sometimes he plays against type.
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However, Schwimmer's best post-Friends performances are largely against-type.
But Ice Cube survives against-type and saves the day.
Most delicious, against-type turn: Nicole Kidman, hilarious as a '70s trash queen in The Paperboy.
Just one question: which guy has the Albert Brooks against-type breakout role in this one?
Frequenting the club is a vulgar American surgeon named Cactus Bill (an unabashedly against-type Paul Rudd).
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