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unconventional

noun C2
  1. Something or someone that is unconventional.

Plural unconventionals

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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.”
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 103 · B2
By incorporating the musicality and unconventional syntax of Hiberno-English, they forged a distinctive literary identity on the global stage.
The English of Ireland, p. 1 · C1
The fragile pages revealed the elegant handwriting of Clara Vance, a teenage girl with extraordinary and unconventional aspirations.
The Aviator's Diary, p. 1 · C1

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