beside the point vs unconventional

beside the point

adj

  • Irrelevant, moot. 

adv

  • Irrelevantly, off-topic. 

unconventional

adj

  • Out of the ordinary 

  • Not adhering to convention or accepted standards 

  • Atypical 

noun

  • Something or someone that is unconventional. 

How often have the words beside the point and unconventional occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )