Unconventional definition

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Not adhering to convention; out of the ordinary.
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Not conventional; not conforming to customary, formal, or accepted practices, standards, rules, etc.
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The definition of unconventional is someone or something that deviates from the norm or accepted standard.

Choosing to home school your child instead of sending him or her to school is an example of an unconventional schooling choice that is different from the norm.

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Not adhering to convention or accepted standards.
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Something or someone that is unconventional.
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Out of the ordinary.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
unconventional
Plural:
unconventionals

Unconventional Sentence Examples

  • I've asked someone to call you and provide you instructions on how to get here using a few unconventional routes.

  • This writing is so singularly frank and unconventional that its drift is not at once apparent to the literary student.

  • His unconventional preaching shocked the more staid members of the flock, but filled the church to overflowing with people unaccustomed to churchgoing.

  • Its delightfully eccentric design will appeal to unconventional people who enjoy the unusual.

  • But his innovations and his unconventional views about stereotyped Unitarian doctrines caused alarm, and in 1853 he resigned.

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