[Unconventional.] Pronunciation: -'vench-n&l, -'ven(t)-sh&-n&l Function: adjective : not conventional : not bound by or in accordance with convention : being out of the ordinary - un·con·ven·tion·al·i·ty /-"ven(t)-sh&-'na-l&-tE/ noun - un·con·ven·tion·al·ly adverb example: "his methods, unconventional, however I felt he had a moral code of his own..."