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Definition of unconventional adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

unconventional

 adjective
adjective
NAmE//ˌʌnkənˈvɛnʃənl//
 
(often approving)
 
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not following what is done or considered normal or acceptable by most people; different and interesting synonym unorthodox an unconventional approach to the problem unconventional views The magazine describes him as having unconventional good looks. opposite conventional
unconventionality
 
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NAmE//ˌʌnkənˌvɛnʃəˈnælət̮i//
 
noun [uncountable]
unconventionally
 
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NAmE//ˌʌnkənˈvɛnʃənəli//
 
adverb He dresses unconventionally.
See unconventional in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary