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Princeton's WordNet

  1. irregular, maverick, unorthodoxadjective

    independent in behavior or thought

    "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians"

  2. unorthodoxadjective

    breaking with convention or tradition

    "an unorthodox lifestyle"

Wiktionary

  1. unorthodoxadjective

    unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unorthodoxadjective

    Not holding pure doctrine.

    A fat benefice became a crime against its incumbent; and he was sure to be unorthodox, that was worth the plundering. Decay of Piety.

ChatGPT

  1. unorthodox

    Unorthodox generally refers to something that diverges from what is usually accepted, expected, or established as norm or tradition. It can relate to ideas, behaviors, methods, or practices that are unusual, unconventional, nonconformist, or different from what is traditional or customary.

Wikidata

  1. Unorthodox

    Unorthodox is the second full-length studio album by the Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity. It was recorded in between December 1991 and January 1992 with Tomas Skogsberg and released by Black Mark Records on July 8, 1992. Dan Swanö has claimed that this is his favorite Edge of Sanity album, and even went as far as to call it "perfect".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unorthodox

    un-or′thō-doks, adj. not orthodox.—n. Unor′thodoxy, heterodoxy, heresy.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unorthodox in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unorthodox in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of unorthodox in a Sentence

  1. Ken Jacobson:

    We feel that the quality and unorthodox style of many of Ruskin’s daguerreotypes will come as a major surprise to both photographic historians and those in the field of Ruskin scholarship, ruskin’s daguerreotypes would be a sensational new revelation in the history of photography even if he were completely unknown.

  2. Rickie Fowler:

    Brooks and Pete went an unorthodox way, i'm not saying it's easier to come over here by any means, but it's done a lot for Pete and Brooks as far as going to places you've never been before - you're learning about yourself, your golf game and growing up.

  3. William O. Douglas:

    The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of life, or say and do things that make people think.

  4. William O. Douglas:

    The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox the people who challenge an existing institution or way of life, or say and do things that make people think.

  5. Donald Trump:

    Mr. Band called the arrangement ‘unorthodox.’ The rest of us call it outright corruption.

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