Examples of unorthodox in a Sentence
a time when people with unorthodox religious views were banished from the colony
raised by an aunt, whose unorthodox parenting practices made for a strange but fun childhood
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John Mulaney can’t help but play favorites a bit discussing the different parts of his unorthodox weekly talk show Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney.
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Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2025
The importance of the programs justifies the unorthodox budget move, backers of the bills said, especially when lawmakers spent the year making deep cuts to state spending.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
Some curators also bristled at Vreeland’s unorthodox approach to exhibition planning, such as blurring time periods, displaying clothes without providing historical context and prioritizing beauty over scholarship.
—Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
This weekend’s negotiations in Oman between the United States and Iran about the future of the Iranian nuclear program followed a familiar but unorthodox format.
—Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2025
The importance of the programs justifies the unorthodox budget move, backers of the bills said, especially when lawmakers spent the year making deep cuts to state spending.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
Some curators also bristled at Vreeland’s unorthodox approach to exhibition planning, such as blurring time periods, displaying clothes without providing historical context and prioritizing beauty over scholarship.
—Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
This weekend’s negotiations in Oman between the United States and Iran about the future of the Iranian nuclear program followed a familiar but unorthodox format.
—Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Unorthodox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unorthodox. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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unorthodox
adjective
un·or·tho·dox
ˌən-ˈȯr-thə-ˌdäks 
ˈən-
: not orthodox : not usual
an unorthodox teaching method
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