nontraditional
adjective
non·tra·di·tion·al
ˌnän-trə-ˈdish-nəl 
-ˈdi-shə-nᵊl
: not following or conforming to tradition : not adhering to past practices or conventions : not traditional
a nontraditional family
nontraditional students
nontraditional menu items
Many use nontraditional teaching techniques, and they deliberately draw their students from beyond traditional neighborhood boundaries …—
Thomas Toch
Thomas Toch
nontraditionally
adverb
… to learn how to build and sell cars nontraditionally …
—Michael Schrage
Michael Schrage
Examples of nontraditional in a Sentence
a nontraditional couple who are planning a very unconventional wedding
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Many users have nontraditional income, live in multigenerational households or face language barriers.
—Rathi Murthy, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Notably, the campaign made a more direct effort to court young voters on nontraditional media platforms.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Martucci offers a bit of a different experience at his I Masanielli, merging pizza with fine-dining techniques to play the temperature at which pizza is cooked and including nontraditional toppings like onion mayonnaise.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Schoemann denied any wrongdoing, saying the county engaged in a nontraditional but widely publicized process seeking ideas for the property and the school's $3 million proposal was the best financial option.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Rathi Murthy, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Notably, the campaign made a more direct effort to court young voters on nontraditional media platforms.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Martucci offers a bit of a different experience at his I Masanielli, merging pizza with fine-dining techniques to play the temperature at which pizza is cooked and including nontraditional toppings like onion mayonnaise.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Schoemann denied any wrongdoing, saying the county engaged in a nontraditional but widely publicized process seeking ideas for the property and the school's $3 million proposal was the best financial option.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Nontraditional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nontraditional. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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