nontraditional

• non-traditional

From non- +‎ traditional.

nontraditional (not comparable)

1. Not traditional; not related to tradition, untraditional.
   • 2009 April 25, “Meet Number 16 Bus Shelter”, in Austin Daily Herald‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 July 2025:

     While this year’s list of top names includes some traditionals — Matthew and Michael for boys, for instance, and Emily and Anna for girls — the nontraditional names are still the overwhelming favorites.

2. Innovative; new; daring.

• untraditional is much rarer than nontraditional. Of the two non- forms, the solid one leads the American corpus while the hyphenated one leads the British corpus.^[1]

• nontraditional student
• nontraditionally