Usually means: Not adhering to usual norms.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word unconventional:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. unconventional: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. unconventional: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. unconventional: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. unconventional: Collins English Dictionary
  5. unconventional: Vocabulary.com
  6. Unconventional, unconventional: Wordnik
  7. unconventional: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. unconventional: Wiktionary
  9. unconventional: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. unconventional: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. unconventional: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. unconventional: Dictionary.com
  13. unconventional: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. unconventional: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Unconventional: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. unconventional: Rhymezone
  17. unconventional: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. unconventional: Free Dictionary
  19. unconventional: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. unconventional: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unconventional: Legal dictionary

(Note: See unconventionality as well.)

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▸ adjective:  Not adhering to custom, convention, or accepted standards.
▸ adjective:  Out of the ordinary.
▸ adjective:  Atypical.
▸ noun:  Something or someone that is unconventional.

Similar:
irregular, unorthodox, improper, way-out, unlawful, offbeat, devil-may-care, bizarre, eccentric, outlandish, more...

Opposite:
conventional, normal, usual, common

Types:
avant-garde, eccentric, nonconformist, offbeat, quirky, unorthodox, unusual, radical, more...

Phrases:
Unconventional warfare, unconventional weapon, Unconventional computing, Unconventional oil, Unconventional wind turbines, more...

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Similar:
irregular, unorthodox, improper, way-out, unlawful, offbeat, devil-may-care, bizarre, eccentric, outlandish, more...

Opposite:
conventional, normal, usual, common

Types:
avant-garde, eccentric, nonconformist, offbeat, quirky, unorthodox, unusual, radical, more...

Phrases:
Unconventional warfare, unconventional weapon, Unconventional computing, Unconventional oil, Unconventional wind turbines, Unconventional superconductor, odd or unconventional, unconventional type, more...

Colors:
    electric blue,     chartreuse,     neon pink,     ultraviolet,     vermilion, more...



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