unorthodoxy

Example Sentences

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My own take on the unorthodoxy is this: “You’re getting away with it this time, Alice Feeney, but I wouldn’t try it again.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2022

They voted for unorthodoxy, and seem to have granted him dispensation to flaunt norms so long as he delivers results.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2017

The heats of a pre-season qualifier may be well suited to unorthodoxy, but a degree of convention is required when it matters.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2017

Lipsyte: One of the reasons that the older reporters were antagonistic to him, besides the fact that he wasn’t laconic like Joe Louis, their beau ideal, was the unorthodoxy of his style.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2016

I didn’t know what to make of his gesture save its unorthodoxy, its colloquial and unprofessional tone.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee