unorthodox idea

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unorthodox
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈɔː.θə.dɒks/us
/ʌnˈɔːr.θə.dɑːks/
different from what is usual or expected in behaviour, ideas, ...
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idea
noun
uk
/aɪˈdɪə/us
/aɪˈdiː.ə/
a suggestion or plan for ...
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Theunorthodoxideaof music signifying bodily vulnerability is shored up with examples that make sense even if we don't concur.
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I have a veryunorthodoxideato put forward.
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All sorts of unorthodox ideas are being canvassed.
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Furthermore, in no industry—and this again is common ground—is there more encouragement for new themes and men with unusual and unorthodox ideas.
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Some thought that people with unorthodox ideas might lead him down perilous paths.
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I remember listening to an address by a man with rather unorthodox ideas on education who said that children were far better away from their homes.
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Admittedly, changes have been made in the machinery of defence planning—but all of them in the wrong direction, towards further centralisation, more rigidity and the suppression of unorthodox ideas.
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He also had a rare ability to communicate his patently unorthodox ideas in an easy and simple style laced with a subtle sense of humor.
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His parents and siblings tolerated his unorthodox ideas but disagreed with them.
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Blamey was always interested in technical innovation, and receptive to unorthodox ideas.
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Montgomery held a number of unorthodox ideas.
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