Examples of unorthodox in a Sentence
a time when people with unorthodox religious views were banished from the colony
raised by an aunt, whose unorthodox parenting practices made for a strange but fun childhood
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In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.
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After unveiling an unorthodox three-division structure for NBC News in 2023, the top executive overseeing news operations at NBCUniversal, Cesar Conde, is bringing two units under a single person’s oversight.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
One man toted a fluorescent-green poster board that offered a reward for unorthodox medical assistance.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
The Mets made that unorthodox decision, preferring not to wait the extra week like most teams do around the break, because of the precarious state of their rotation at the time.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
After unveiling an unorthodox three-division structure for NBC News in 2023, the top executive overseeing news operations at NBCUniversal, Cesar Conde, is bringing two units under a single person’s oversight.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
One man toted a fluorescent-green poster board that offered a reward for unorthodox medical assistance.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
The Mets made that unorthodox decision, preferring not to wait the extra week like most teams do around the break, because of the precarious state of their rotation at the time.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Unorthodox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unorthodox. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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unorthodox
adjective
un·or·tho·dox
ˌən-ˈȯr-thə-ˌdäks 
ˈən-
: not orthodox : not usual
an unorthodox teaching method
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