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• a  not conforming to accepted rules or standards
  her unconventional dress and hair style
• a  not conventional or conformist
  unconventional life styles
• s  not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention
  an unconventional marriage

• He's been, in many ways, an unconventional leader willing to find creative solutions to some of public education's oldest dilemmas, including school attendance and dropout rates.
• She has immaculate taste, and she is beyond unconventional in her thinking.
• But that is the breathtakingly unconventional speech Obama gave today.

• improper
• unlawful

• conventional

News & Articles

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• Unorthodox Christie Joins Three Clintons at Conference
  Chris Christie is known as an unconventional Republican. That will be on display again this week as he walks into the political den of the Clintons.
  June 13, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Nets Reach Into Past and Make Kidd Coach
  In an unconventional move, the Nets named Jason Kidd as their next coach. Kidd recently retired as a player and has no experience as a coach.
  June 12, 2013 - New York Times
• Unconventional Consumer Confidence Benefactors
  Unconventional Consumer Confidence Benefactors        
  June 10, 2013 - The Motley Fool

Quotes

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• Roger Federer in sportingintelligence
  He played well,Federer said. "He's unconventional. He doesn't look like much, but he definitely plays very solid and plays very uncomfortable. So I knew that from the start. I wasn't going to underestimate him even though I just beat him...
• Rupert Murdoch in Newsweek
  As we increasingly look to apply unconventional approaches to our traditional businesses, I'm convinced Peter Rice is the right person to transform our broadcast television business,said Murdoch, who turned 78 on Wednesday, in a statement.
• Rex Tillerson in AFP
  XTO is a leading US unconventional natural gas producer, with an outstanding resource base, strong technical expertise and highly skilled employees,said Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil's chairman and chief executive. "XTO's strengths, together...