unordinary
Americanadjective
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unusual or uncommon.
The weather was wet and cold, as expected—nothing too unordinary.
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original, unique, or distinguished in some way; out of the ordinary.
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Etymology
Origin of unordinary
Example Sentences
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Finding a false-positive was not unordinary, Diez-Gonzalez said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Capital Pride Alliance, the organisation running this year's World Pride in DC, told the BBC it has recieved "an unordinary amount of questions and concerns".
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
Time together, on purpose and unordinary, is what matters.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2020
In ordinary times, I am platform- and consumption-agnostic; in these very unordinary times, I urge you to “watch TV” on something other than the laptop, smartphone or desktop PC that dictates your workday.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2020
Doing it with Cory, well...these were the consequences of trying to be unordinary.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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