unconventional

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unconventional

adjective more unconventional · most unconventional

  1. Not adhering to custom, convention, or accepted standards.

    Similar: wild, outré, offbeat

  2. Out of the ordinary.
  3. Atypical. The other two banned titles are The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption, which features a lesbian couple, and Who’s In My Family: All About Our Families, which describes unconventional parental set-ups.

noun unconventionals

  1. Something or someone that is unconventional.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: irregular, unorthodox, way-out, devil-may-care, improper, bizarre, outlandish, unlawful, freaky, freakish, quirky, eccentric, alternative, rakish, raffish, outre

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adj not adhering to custom, convention, or accepted standards

Españolanticonvencional
中文非传统的
हिन्दीअपरंपरागत apramprāgat
Deutschunkonventionell
Românăneconvențional, atipic
Русскийнестанда́ртный nestandártnyj, нетрадицио́нный netradiciónnyj, нешабло́нный nešablónnyj
עבריתלא קונבנציונאלי

adj out of the ordinary

Españolno convencional
中文特規的 /特规的
हिन्दीअसामान्य asāmānya, असाधारण asādhāraṇ
Deutschunkonventionell
Русскийнеобы́чный neobýčnyj

adj atypical

Españolpoco convencional
Deutschunkonventionell
Русскийатипи́чный atipíčnyj, нетипи́чный netipíčnyj

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@misc{unconventional_2026,
  title = {unconventional},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unconventional},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}