Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for nonconventional. Search instead for Non+Conventional.

nonconventional

British  
/ ˌnɒnkənˈvɛnʃənəl /

adjective

  1. not established by accepted usage or general agreement; non-traditional

    a nonconventional lifestyle

  2. (of weapons, warfare, etc) nuclear or chemical

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

I don’t have a perfect way to compare them, climatically, but one European study of nonconventional pig systems found that the increase in CO2 was somewhere between 4 percent and 54 percent.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022

The “Brown Ambition” audience is “looking at retirement in a nonconventional way,” said Ms. Aliche, who has been among the speakers at FinCon.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021

“Then there are also women who don’t necessarily see themselves as activists but who have roles that are high-profile or nonconventional or highly skilled — they stuck their heads above the parapet somehow,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2021

“We are in a stage where stuff we were doing before has to change,” said Erik DeBenedictis, a technical staff member at Sandia National Laboratories who studies nonconventional computing technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2016

Some nonconventional medical treaments exist, which can be used to control such situations.

From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training