Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Breaking with convention or tradition; not orthodox.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not orthodox; heterodox; heretical.
Wiktionary
- adj. unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic
WordNet 3.0
- adj. independent in behavior or thought
- adj. breaking with convention or tradition
Examples
“What was it to him that these uneducated boors, in their feeble ignorance, tried constantly to entrap him into something which they called unorthodox, and to twist his words into the semblance of fancied heresy?”
“He shunned IMF aid to protect what he called "unorthodox" measures from oversight.”
“Orban has shunned the IMF since taking office in 2010 to prevent interference in what he called his "unorthodox" measures.”
“These women are part of a growing army of guerrilla fruit pickers, who climb fences and brave dangers ranging from broken wine bottles and stinging nettles to hostile dogs and turf-conscious rats to pick seasonal fruit in unorthodox places.”
The Wall Street Journal: Urban Scrumpers Are Picking the Forbidden Fruit
“The thesis that real rates and real exchange rates impact on employment in unorthodox ways became the signature theme of”
“Foust recalled her daughter setting some sort of high jump record, and doing it in unorthodox form.”
USATODAY.com - Roethlisberger uses TD passes to honor late mother
“Mark Block, who is smoking a cigarette in the now-viral Cain video, is described as "unorthodox" in the”
“Still, the Emerging Church movement is treading on ground that traditionalists call unorthodox, if not heretical.”
Voice of America: Young Evangelicals Find Faith In Emerging Church Movement
“The unexpected grabs attention and the unorthodox is the antidote to a world of mediocrity.”
“Can this really be called unorthodox behavior given the driver's orthodox apparel?”
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