unorthodox

adjective/ʌnˈɔrθədɑks/

Frequency rank: #11,099 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

not following traditional or conventional rules or beliefs.

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Example sentence

The scientist used unorthodox methods to solve the problem, surprising everyone in the lab.

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