unclassical

[ uhn-klas-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. not classical; contrary to classical precepts.
2. Physics. (formerly) nonclassical ( def 2 ).

Other Words From

• un·classi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unclassical¹

First recorded in 1715–25; un- ¹ + classical

Example Sentences

Since you have demonstrated a complete and utter disregard for classical economics, could you at least explain the assumption that your unclassical economic philosophy is guided by?

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She also has detractors, “She’s admirable but without striking individuality,” Alastair Macaulay, a critic for The New York Times, wrote last June, adding, damningly, that her tendency of tucking her head down and looking hard in “Swan Lake,” “makes her look unclassical.”

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But for Pieter Bruegel the Elder, who traveled to Italy in the 1550s, the major change in his art — which was unclassical before his trip to Rome and which remained unclassical after — was due to the Alps.

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The result makes her look unclassical and makes Siegfried, by falling for her, look even more of a ninny than usual.

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His acting is, however, overwrought, his alignment unclassical.

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