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un·con·ven·tion·al
 unconventional
- pronunciation:
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adjective |
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not conforming to convention, rule, or custom.
The design of the new cars was unconventional, but eventually it caught on.It was unconventional for a woman to wear trousers in the early 1900s.As a teacher, she was unconventional, and many others on the staff were opposed to her methods.- antonyms:
- conventional, formal, orthodox, proper, regular, straight
- similar words:
- alternative, audacious, daring, eccentric, irregular
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abnormal, anomalous, avant-garde, curious, erratic, individual, informal, novel, original, outlandish, outrageous, queer, rebellious, special, strange, uncouth, weird |
| derivations: |
unconventionally (adv.), unconventionality (n.) |
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