offbeat

The beats not normally accented in a measure.

• The congregation clapped along on the offbeat.

An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.figurativelyslang

• 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.

Unusual; unconventional; not ordinary.figurativelyslang

• He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing.