"unorthodox" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ʌnˈɔɹθədɑks/ [General-American], /ʌnˈɔːθədɒks/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unorthodox.wav Forms: more unorthodox [comparative], most unorthodox [superlative]
Etymology: un- + orthodox Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|orthodox}} un- + orthodox Head templates: {{en-adj}} unorthodox (comparative more unorthodox, superlative most unorthodox)
  1. Unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic. Synonyms: heterodox, inorthodox, nonorthodox Derived forms: left arm unorthodox, unorthodox entrepreneur, unorthodoxly, unorthodoxness Translations (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic): غير تقليدي (ghayr taqlidiin) [masculine] (Arabic), heterodox [masculine] (Catalan), uortodoks (Danish), onorthodox (Dutch), epäortodoksinen (Finnish), hétérodoxe (French), non-conformiste (French), non ortodoxo [masculine] (Galician), unorthodox (German), ανορθόδοξος (anorthódoxos) [masculine] (Greek), heterodox (Hungarian), inusuale (Italian), poco convenzionale (Italian), poco ortodosso (Italian), peculiare (Italian), eccentrico (Italian), abnōrmis (Latin), korokē (Maori), uortodoks (Norwegian), nieszablonowy (Polish), pouco ortodoxo (Portuguese), neortodox (Romanian), neconvențional (Romanian), неортодоксальный (neortodoksalʹnyj) (Russian), heterodoxo (Spanish), oortodox (Swedish), gelenek dışı (Turkish), alışılmamış (Turkish)

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