His teaching methods are highly unorthodox.
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Unorthodox
//ʌnˈɔɹθədɑks//
Synonyms for "unorthodox" (197 found)
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16 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- غير تقليدي adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Bulgarian
2 entries- необикновен adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
- особен adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Catalan
1 entries- heterodox adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Czech
1 entries- neortodoxní adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Danish
1 entries- uortodoks adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Dutch
1 entries- onorthodox adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Finnish
1 entries- epäortodoksinen adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
French
2 entries- hétérodoxe adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
- non-conformiste adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Galician
1 entries- non ortodoxo adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
German
1 entries- unorthodox adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Greek
1 entries- ανορθόδοξος adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Hindi
1 entries- अपरंपरागत adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Hungarian
1 entries- heterodox adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Italian
4 entries- eccentrico adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
- inusuale adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
- peculiare adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
- poco convenzionale adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Latin
1 entries- abnōrmis adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Māori
1 entries- korokē adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Norwegian
1 entries- uortodoks adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Polish
1 entries- nieszablonowy adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Portuguese
1 entries- pouco ortodoxo adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Romanian
2 entries- neconvențional adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
- neortodox adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Russian
1 entries- неортодоксальный adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Spanish
1 entries- heterodoxo adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Swedish
1 entries- oortodox adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Thai
1 entries- แหวกแนว adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Turkish
2 entries- alışılmamış adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
- gelenek dışı adj (unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic)
Sample sentences
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The headteacher uses unorthodox methods.
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His unorthodox fighting style was surprisingly effective.
Source: tatoeba (2334893)
Tom's methods were unorthodox.
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