unconventional
adjective C1- Not adhering to custom, convention, or accepted standards.
- Out of the ordinary.
- Atypical.
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“I must apologise for calling so late,” said he, “and I must further beg you to be so unconventional as to allow me to leave your house presently by scrambling over your back garden wall.”
By incorporating the musicality and unconventional syntax of Hiberno-English, they forged a distinctive literary identity on the global stage.
The fragile pages revealed the elegant handwriting of Clara Vance, a teenage girl with extraordinary and unconventional aspirations.
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