Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Breaking with convention or tradition; not orthodox.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not orthodox; heterodox; heretical.
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- adjective
unusual ,unconventional , oridiosyncratic
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective independent in behavior or thought
- adjective breaking with convention or tradition
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Examples
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What was it to him that these uneducated boors, in their feeble ignorance, tried constantly to entrap him into something which they called unorthodox, and to twist his words into the semblance of fancied heresy?
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Orban has shunned the IMF since taking office in 2010 to prevent interference in what he called his "unorthodox" measures.
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He shunned IMF aid to protect what he called "unorthodox" measures from oversight.
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Orban has shunned the IMF since taking office in 2010 to prevent interference in what he called his "unorthodox" measures.
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These women are part of a growing army of guerrilla fruit pickers, who climb fences and brave dangers ranging from broken wine bottles and stinging nettles to hostile dogs and turf-conscious rats to pick seasonal fruit in unorthodox places.
Urban Scrumpers Are Picking the Forbidden Fruit Sara Calian 2010
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The thesis that real rates and real exchange rates impact on employment in unorthodox ways became the signature theme of
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Foust recalled her daughter setting some sort of high jump record, and doing it in unorthodox form.
USATODAY.com - Roethlisberger uses TD passes to honor late mother 2006
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Mark Block, who is smoking a cigarette in the now-viral Cain video, is described as "unorthodox" in the
USATODAY.com News 2011
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Still, the Emerging Church movement is treading on ground that traditionalists call unorthodox, if not heretical.
Young Evangelicals Find Faith In Emerging Church Movement 2011
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The unexpected grabs attention and the unorthodox is the antidote to a world of mediocrity.
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