conventional

/kənˈvenʃənəl/ adjective

Definition

TRADITIONAL › Conventional people are traditional and not willing to try new ideas.

USUAL › Conventional objects or ways of doing things are the usual ones which have been used for a long time: conventional farming/medicine

conventional arms/forces/warfare, etc › not involving the use of nuclear weapons

conventional wisdom › what most people believe → Opposite unconventional

(Definition of conventional adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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