nontraditional
adjective
non·tra·di·tion·al
ˌnän-trə-ˈdish-nəl 
-ˈdi-shə-nᵊl
: not following or conforming to tradition : not adhering to past practices or conventions : not traditional
a nontraditional family
nontraditional students
nontraditional menu items
Many use nontraditional teaching techniques, and they deliberately draw their students from beyond traditional neighborhood boundaries …—
Thomas Toch
Thomas Toch
nontraditionally
adverb
… to learn how to build and sell cars nontraditionally …
—Michael Schrage
Michael Schrage
Examples of nontraditional in a Sentence
a nontraditional couple who are planning a very unconventional wedding
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Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The nontraditional tour has been widely well-received, though police appeared to shut down an event in Missouri.
—Micki Fahner, NBC news, 28 May 2025
Those timelines are nontraditional and produce nontraditional ebbs and flows of all these processes.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 22 May 2025
However, the modern shopping mall mix is a bit different than the mall’s first heyday, with more discount retailers and nontraditional experiential retailers including medispas and trampoline parks.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for nontraditional
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“Nontraditional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nontraditional. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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