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1
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
- a time when people with unorthodox religious views were banished from the colony
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2
not bound by traditional ways or beliefs
- raised by an aunt, whose unorthodox parenting practices made for a strange but fun childhood
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3
not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules
- an unorthodox but effective procedure for opening a wine bottle without a corkscrew
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The first known use of unorthodox was in 1629
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