Definition of unorthodox
: not orthodox
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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
Recent Examples of unorthodox from the Web
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Mr Trump, and at least some of his trade advisers, believe that when one unorthodox trade move has knock-on consequences, the solution is not to rethink it, but to follow it with another.
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Here’s a post from Downs with some rather unorthodox advice for Gates and Zuckerberg.
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Perhaps his most unorthodox move involved the decision to publicize the details of Cohen's banking transactions.
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Perhaps his most unorthodox move involved the decision to publicize the details of Cohen's banking transactions.
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Her campaign for the June 26 primary would appear to be one of the more unorthodox US Senate bids in recent memory.
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Using Hand in Sunday’s 14-2 loss certainly would have been an unorthodox move.
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Get Data Sheet, Fortune’s technology newsletter Apple’s Shazam acquisition is rather small in the broader tech industry, which makes the EU’s look into the buy rather unorthodox.
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Mesereau is a highly prepared, confident and sometimes unorthodox attorney, said his friend Laurie Levenson, a professor at the law school at Loyola Marymount University.
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First Known Use of unorthodox
1629
unorthodox Synonyms
Synonyms
broad-minded, liberal, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, radical, unconventional;
Antonyms
conservative, conventional, hidebound, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, orthodox, stodgy, traditional;
Related Words
advanced, contemporary, modern;
forbearing, indulgent, large-minded, lenient, permissive, tolerant;
UNORTHODOX Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of unorthodox for English Language Learners
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: different from what is usually done or accepted
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