offbeat
[adjective]
Synonyms: unusual, eccentric, left-field (informal), novel, outré, strange, unconventional, unorthodox, way-out (informal)

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off‧beat /ˌɒfˈbiːt◂ $ ˌɒːf-/ adjective informal
unusual and not what people normally expect, especially in an interesting way:
offbeat humour
She’s a little offbeat, but she’s a wonderful actress.

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offbeat
to be unconventional, to be different from the usual
The movie was very offbeat which is just the kind of movie that I like.

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offbeat
adj., informal Nonconventional; different from the usual; odd.
Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self-respecting university has a linguistics department.

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