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"offbeat" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often unorthodox (10 letters).
Definitions
(informal) strikingly unconventional
Word origin
From off- + beat; not following the beat (e.g., of a drum that sounds out cadence).
Used in a sentence
“The congregation clapped along on the offbeat.”
“No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored.”
“Being an oddball, an offbeat, or a creative person, as Jourard sees the committed professional, is something all nurses should risk.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Unusual in style”7 letters
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