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unconventional

adj

Etymology

From un- + conventional.

  1. derived from conventiō
  2. borrowed from convention
  3. suffixed as conventional — “convention + -al”
  4. formed as unconventional — “un- + conventional”

Definitions

  1. Not adhering to custom, convention, or accepted standards.

  2. Out of the ordinary.

  3. Atypical.

    • The other two banned titles are The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption, which features a lesbian couple, and Who’s In My Family: All About Our Families, which describes unconventional parental set-ups.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Something or someone that is unconventional.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unconventional. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at unconventional. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at unconventional

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA