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un·con·ven·tion·al
 unconventional
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- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
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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| related words: |
abnormal, anomalous, avant-garde, curious, erratic, individual, informal, novel, original, outlandish, outrageous, queer, rebellious, special, strange, uncouth, weird |
adverb + (adj.)unconventional
admittedly, decidedly, highly, socially, somewhat, surprisingly
(adj.)unconventional
+ adverb
equally
(adj.)unconventional
+ noun
alternative,
analogy,
appearance,
approach,
arrangement,
background,
beauty,
belief,
capability,
career,
chemical,
combination,
conflict,
design,
fashion,
film,
habit,
isotope,
lifestyle,
manner,
means,
method,
mortgage,
oil,
opera,
path,
portrait,
setting,
source,
stop,
strategy,
style,
tactic,
teaching,
technique,
therapy,
thinking,
threat,
treatment,
view,
war,
warfare,
warrior,
weapon,
wisdom
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| derivations: |
unconventionally (adv.), unconventionality (n.) |
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