unorthodox

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ orthodox.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈɔɹθədɑks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈɔːθədɒks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

unorthodox (comparative more unorthodox, superlative most unorthodox)

1. Unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic.

   Synonyms: heterodox, inorthodox, nonorthodox

   Antonym: orthodox

   Hyponyms: heretical, nonheretical

   • 2014 November 2, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in The Guardian‎:

     The breakthrough came after 63 minutes as United’s unorthodox defence desperately tried to hold off a spell of sustained pressure.

   • 2018 April 18, “Chinese driving school makes students put phones on line”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 18 April 2018:

     A driving teacher in China is using an unorthodox method to get his students to drive with more care. He calls it the “fatal blow” method. Basically, students have to manoeuvre the car with skill or risk crushing their smartphones... or those of their classmates.

Derived terms

• left arm unorthodox
• unorthodox entrepreneur
• unorthodoxly
• unorthodoxness

Translations

unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic

Arabic: غير تقليدي m (ghayr taqlidiin) Catalan: heterodox (ca) m Czech: neortodoxní Danish: uortodoks Dutch: onorthodox (nl) Finnish: epäortodoksinen French: hétérodoxe (fr), non-conformiste (fr) Galician: non ortodoxo m German: unorthodox (de) Greek: ανορθόδοξος (el) m (anorthódoxos) Hungarian: heterodox (hu) Italian: inusuale (it), poco convenzionale, poco ortodosso, peculiare (it), eccentrico (it) Latin: abnōrmis Maori: korokē Norwegian: uortodoks Polish: nieszablonowy Portuguese: pouco ortodoxo Romanian: neortodox, neconvențional (ro) Russian: неортодоксальный (ru) (neortodoksalʹnyj) Spanish: heterodoxo (es) Swedish: oortodox (sv) Thai: แหวกแนว Turkish: gelenek dışı, alışılmamış (tr)

German

Etymology

From un- +‎ orthodox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊn.ʔɔʁ.toˌdɔks/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: un‧or‧tho‧dox

Adjective

unorthodox (strong nominative masculine singular unorthodoxer, comparative unorthodoxer, superlative am unorthodoxesten)

1. unorthodox

   Antonym: orthodox

Declension

Positive forms of unorthodox

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist unorthodox	sie ist unorthodox	es ist unorthodox	sie sind unorthodox
strong declension (without article)	nominative	unorthodoxer	unorthodoxe	unorthodoxes	unorthodoxe
	genitive	unorthodoxen	unorthodoxer	unorthodoxen	unorthodoxer
	dative	unorthodoxem	unorthodoxer	unorthodoxem	unorthodoxen
	accusative	unorthodoxen	unorthodoxe	unorthodoxes	unorthodoxe
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der unorthodoxe	die unorthodoxe	das unorthodoxe	die unorthodoxen
	genitive	des unorthodoxen	der unorthodoxen	des unorthodoxen	der unorthodoxen
	dative	dem unorthodoxen	der unorthodoxen	dem unorthodoxen	den unorthodoxen
	accusative	den unorthodoxen	die unorthodoxe	das unorthodoxe	die unorthodoxen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein unorthodoxer	eine unorthodoxe	ein unorthodoxes	(keine) unorthodoxen
	genitive	eines unorthodoxen	einer unorthodoxen	eines unorthodoxen	(keiner) unorthodoxen
	dative	einem unorthodoxen	einer unorthodoxen	einem unorthodoxen	(keinen) unorthodoxen
	accusative	einen unorthodoxen	eine unorthodoxe	ein unorthodoxes	(keine) unorthodoxen

Comparative forms of unorthodox

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist unorthodoxer	sie ist unorthodoxer	es ist unorthodoxer	sie sind unorthodoxer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	unorthodoxerer	unorthodoxere	unorthodoxeres	unorthodoxere
	genitive	unorthodoxeren	unorthodoxerer	unorthodoxeren	unorthodoxerer
	dative	unorthodoxerem	unorthodoxerer	unorthodoxerem	unorthodoxeren
	accusative	unorthodoxeren	unorthodoxere	unorthodoxeres	unorthodoxere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der unorthodoxere	die unorthodoxere	das unorthodoxere	die unorthodoxeren
	genitive	des unorthodoxeren	der unorthodoxeren	des unorthodoxeren	der unorthodoxeren
	dative	dem unorthodoxeren	der unorthodoxeren	dem unorthodoxeren	den unorthodoxeren
	accusative	den unorthodoxeren	die unorthodoxere	das unorthodoxere	die unorthodoxeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein unorthodoxerer	eine unorthodoxere	ein unorthodoxeres	(keine) unorthodoxeren
	genitive	eines unorthodoxeren	einer unorthodoxeren	eines unorthodoxeren	(keiner) unorthodoxeren
	dative	einem unorthodoxeren	einer unorthodoxeren	einem unorthodoxeren	(keinen) unorthodoxeren
	accusative	einen unorthodoxeren	eine unorthodoxere	ein unorthodoxeres	(keine) unorthodoxeren

Superlative forms of unorthodox

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am unorthodoxesten	sie ist am unorthodoxesten	es ist am unorthodoxesten	sie sind am unorthodoxesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	unorthodoxester	unorthodoxeste	unorthodoxestes	unorthodoxeste
	genitive	unorthodoxesten	unorthodoxester	unorthodoxesten	unorthodoxester
	dative	unorthodoxestem	unorthodoxester	unorthodoxestem	unorthodoxesten
	accusative	unorthodoxesten	unorthodoxeste	unorthodoxestes	unorthodoxeste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der unorthodoxeste	die unorthodoxeste	das unorthodoxeste	die unorthodoxesten
	genitive	des unorthodoxesten	der unorthodoxesten	des unorthodoxesten	der unorthodoxesten
	dative	dem unorthodoxesten	der unorthodoxesten	dem unorthodoxesten	den unorthodoxesten
	accusative	den unorthodoxesten	die unorthodoxeste	das unorthodoxeste	die unorthodoxesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein unorthodoxester	eine unorthodoxeste	ein unorthodoxestes	(keine) unorthodoxesten
	genitive	eines unorthodoxesten	einer unorthodoxesten	eines unorthodoxesten	(keiner) unorthodoxesten
	dative	einem unorthodoxesten	einer unorthodoxesten	einem unorthodoxesten	(keinen) unorthodoxesten
	accusative	einen unorthodoxesten	eine unorthodoxeste	ein unorthodoxestes	(keine) unorthodoxesten

Further reading

• “unorthodox” in Duden online
• “unorthodox” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache