Typical but, strangely, it never repeats (14)
I believe the answer is:
representative
'typical' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'strangely it never repeats' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'it'+'never'+'repeats'='itneverrepeats'
'itneverrepeats' anagrammed gives 'REPRESENTATIVE'.
'but' is the link.
(Other definitions for representative that I've seen before include "Typical (of a class or group)" , "MP" , "US politician" , "salesman?" , "delegate" .)