unconventional
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The researchers focused on topological quasicrystals, unusual materials that host unconventional quantum excitations.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
The media mogul, who died this week, was known as one of the most unconventional owners in baseball history.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Self-admittedly, Chambers only got through three years before he switched to English and began working out of an unconventional glassblowing studio.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Doja Cat wears a classically Grecian Saint Laurent dress in an unconventional fabric: silicone.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
In Commando, by Deneys Reitz, I read of the unconventional guerrilla tactics of the Boer generals during the Anglo-Boer War.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing unconventional
Power Prefix: un-
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