: unconventional
out-there styles

Examples of out-there in a Sentence

the professor's out-there political views have made him a lightning rod for controversy on campus
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Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions NERD’s out-there pursuit was low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR)—still popularly known as cold fusion. IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2024 There was a lot of performance art – really weird, interesting, out-there performance theaters were going. Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024 Wiles' TikTok account, with more than 60,000 followers, features skits of Vance with thick eyeliner and touting out-there political suggestions. Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024 Both filmmakers and composers thrive on raising the out-there bar on one another, resulting in the alternate grunt track. Scott Huver, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for out-there 

Word History

First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of out-there was in 1991

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“Out-there.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out-there. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

out-there

adjective
ˈau̇t-ˈt͟ha(ə)r,
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: unconventional
out-there styles
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