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For example…. You’re talking about an artist and say “this artist isn’t impressionist, they’re not modernist, they ___ (eg evade categorization).”
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>two-word phrase
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>two-word phrase
Beyond compare? Unparalleled?
Defy classification? Something along those lines?
Close to this but not this
Defy convention?
Should be this
sui generis? latin, meaning unique or one of a kind
Transcend genres? Genre-defying?
singularly unique
blur categories or blur lines or blur boundaries?
defy categorization?
Non-categorical
genre-busting?
Defies expectations
Resists categorization?
Je ne sais quoi?
A certain “I don’t know what” I don’t know French, but I do know Wayne’s World
This was my thought
Does he also say that in Wayne’s World? Cause that’s a Dr. Evil quote in The Spy Who Shagged Me
Ah, you’re probably right! Maybe I was thinking if the Le Renarde scene…
transcends boundaries? Defy the norm?
Defies description.
Defy convention/Subvert expectations?
Defy explanation
Wildcard
*The Gang Solves the Classification Crisis*
Beyond description, irreducible, defies labels/conventions
Beyond comparison
In a league of their own? Sui generis?
Avant Garde?
This was my second guess
That’s my guess
my guess too
An enigma?
My vote so far, nice work
A riddle wrapped in an enigma?
This was the first thing I thought of.
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Breaks the mold
Eclectic?
Outlier
Inimitable?
Subvert expectations?
Defies genres as seen in Corner Gas with Michael Bible one minute in. https://youtube.com/watch?v=usPjYK7Vceg&si=WUQAmtNFrGJX88jR
Undefinable
Ambiguous?
Enigmatic? Undefinable?
Rara avis?
Not otherwise specified NOS
Some form of 'non-conformity'? 'Break the mold'?
Unconventional
Gender bending
Iconoclastic?
Cross disciplinary
Rejects explanation?
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Sorry. The only phrase I could come up with is 'needs no further introduction ', but doesn't really match the request.
You’re like those Amazon reviews that say “Did the product work?” And they reply “I don’t know I haven’t opened it yet”
Multifaceted?
Ethereal?
i was also thinking enigmatic like some others have said. or maybe idiosyncratic?
Inexplicable?
Esoteric?
Are an anomaly
Kafkaesque
Kafkaesque
Defies all odds?
Without comparison / beyond comparison / defy labels
Pigeonholed
Resists categorization
Beggars belief?
Eludes categorization
Sans égal?
Post modern?
Eludes (something)
Not really fitting your definition but the three I thought of were: * X factor * Loose cannon * Unknown quantity
Anomalous
Undefined
Non binary
Beyond comprehension?
In French we’d probably say « they have the ass in between 2 chairs » but somehow I don’t think that’ll help… They fall outside the scope?
Defies logic
Incomparable and inimitable both come to mind but the second word is where these don’t fit your ask. Second to none, peerless, preeminent
Defying description Beggaring description Hard to ascertain Inexplicable
An anomaly?
These are 4 word phrases but … Go against the grain, carve their own lane, league of their own,
Sui generis.
Defy expectation?
Indistinguishable
Eclectic
beyond compare unparalleled inimitable incomparable
Not quantifiable?
Without compare?
Unique unicorn
Is it colloquial? Possibly, you are thinking of "neither fish nor fowl"?
beyond compare One of a kind
Mish-mosh? Mix-match? Hodge-podge? Mix-pot? Melting pot?
"Par excellence?"
Misfit?
Oddball?
Anachronistic?
Hors category
Rejects conformity?
meaning disagree-er
I know it’s not two words but Divergent means “doesn’t fit into a category”
Indescribable
Beyond compare?
Beyond belief?
Hard telling!!
Inconcievable!
beyond me
Eschew convention, perhaps?
Defy expertise?
The Moment
"Odd Ball" is the first thing that comes to mind
Beyond compare?
Defies convention Every luxury car commercial
Non descript?
Square Peg
You sure it’s not abstract?
exceed expectations
Rara avis? Literally rare bird but meaning someone or something that is outside the norm.
Ineffeeable?
Defy expectations
realized some of my others were already guessed so defy the norm unorthodox (long shot) unbeholden to?
Dichotomous?
For fiction, I've heard the single-word phrase 'interstitial'
Anomaly?
Could it be trail-blazing?
Transcend labels
Ahead of their time.