unconventionaladj.
/ˌʌnkənˈvɛnʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌʌŋkənˈvɛnʃn̩(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌənkənˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəl/ Not limited or bound down by convention; free and easy.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adjective] > not conforming to standard behaviour
irregular1395
unformalc1449
informalc1475
disordered1561
monstrous1568
odd1577
irregulate1579
exorbitant1613
free-spirited1613
exorbitating1632
inconformable1633
extravagant1650
inconform1659
eccentric1685
unconformable1702
outrageous1778
unconventional1840
erratic1841
kinky1844
Bohemian1846
radical1869
Bohemic1874
nonconforming1899
hard case1904
jazz1917
offbeat1922
deviant1935
deviate1945
oddball1945
left field1951
way out1955
boho1958
non-conformant1960
sideways1969
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > free from customary restraints
emancipate1605
unconventional1840
emancipated1850
1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xxxvii The unsettled and unconventional state of our language at that period.
1860 H. S. Cunningham Wheat & Tares xxiv. 265 His views as to grammar were entirely unconventional.
1884 E. Drew Elocutionist Nov. 3/1 The book..is entirely unconventional.
Derivatives
unconˈventionalism n.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour
fantasticnessc1550
irregularship1577
fantasticalness1581
inconformity1594
irregularity1598
unconformitya1600
excess1709
eccentricity1794
quizziness1798
unconventionality1854
unconventionalism1868
deviation1912
deviance1944
deviancy1954
way-outness1961
quirkiness1971
1868 Round Table No. 202. 374 The freedom and unconventionalism in such writing.
1883 Nonconformist & Independent 28 Dec. 1167 The work needs freshness and unconventionalism.
unconventionally adv.
Draft additions June 2015
Of a potential (hydrocarbon) fuel or source of energy: relatively difficult to exploit (compared to coal seams, oil fields, etc., previously exploited on a significant scale).
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1967 K. E. Hill in M. Bender Explor. & Econ. Petroleum Industry V. xvi. 255 Technological development of unconventional oil from shale deposits in the United States, and from the tar sands of Canada.
1979 Sci. News 21 July 38/1 $1 billion each in tax credits for refining oil shale and for unconventional (deep) natural gas.
1989 J. Edmonds in Proc. 2nd N. Amer. Conf. preparing for Climate Change, 1988 557 The carbon content of unconventional oil resources is 55 times larger than the current atmospheric stock of carbon.
2005 BusinessWeek 2 May 79/1 It was an ‘unconventional’ field—its gas deposits were tough to gather, trapped in layers of rock, sand, silt, and coal.
2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Sept. c2/5 With the passage of time, unconventional sources of oil..become a familiar part of the world's petroleum supply.
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