unconventional

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not conforming to accepted rules or standards

   Your unconventional dress and hair style was not popular with my family.

2. 2
   adj

   not conventional or conformist

   unconventional life styles

3. 3
   adj

   not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

   an unconventional marriage

4. 4
   adj

   Atypical.

   The other two banned titles are The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption, which features a lesbian couple, and Who’s In My Family: All About Our Families, which describes unconventional parental set-ups.

5. 5
   adj

   Not adhering to custom, convention, or accepted standards.

6. 6
   adj

   Out of the ordinary.

7. 7
   noun

   Something or someone that is unconventional.

Etymology

From un- + conventional.