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Antonyms for unorthodox


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-awr-thuh-doks
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈɔr θəˌdɒks



Definition of unorthodox

Origin :
  • 1650s, from un- (1) "not" + orthodox.
  • adj abnormal; other than accepted
Example sentences :
  • She had been two years in service and had got unorthodox notions.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • May I urge you not to reject this novel and unorthodox approach.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
  • It waved a six-fingered hand in an unorthodox, but friendly, greeting.
  • Extract from : « A Matter of Magnitude » by Al Sevcik
  • The question was quite an unorthodox procedure in English justice.
  • Extract from : « The Stretton Street Affair » by William Le Queux
  • The question had been a little too unorthodox, Brett decided.
  • Extract from : « It Could Be Anything » by John Keith Laumer
  • The Brainchild had been built too fast, and in too unorthodox a manner.
  • Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • In other places it diverged into unorthodox sceptical inquiries.
  • Extract from : « The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, December 1879 » by Various
  • The runners were irritated at the unorthodox way in which the case had been managed.
  • Extract from : « Mysteries of Police and Crime » by Arthur Griffiths
  • The rites of the Russian Church are complex, and to the unorthodox, perplexing.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Moscow » by Wirt Gerrare
  • And his doctrine has been declared by his own church to be unorthodox.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll

Synonyms for unorthodox

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