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Unconventional

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Not adhering to convention; out of the ordinary.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Not adhering to convention or accepted standards

adj. Out of the ordinary

adj. Atypical

n. Something or someone that is unconventional.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not conventional; not bound by unswerving rules; free in character, action, or treatment.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. not conventional or conformist

adj. not conforming to accepted rules or standards

adj. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

Word Usage

"The term unconventional resources is applied to a broad category of fuels like shale gas, tar sands and other forms of oil and gas that require sophisticated technology to extract and are typically more expensive to develop."

Equivalent

rakish freaky funky outlandish spaced-out

Antonym

conventional customary stiff

Cross Reference

informal

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

unofficial unaccustomed informal

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

conventional dimensional intentional unintentional

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

unorthodox eccentric bizarre inappropriate erratic