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nonstandard
[ non-stan-derd ]
adjective
- not standard.
- not conforming in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, etc., to the usage characteristic of and considered acceptable by most educated native speakers; lacking in social prestige or regionally or socially limited in use: Compare standard ( def 27 ).
a nonstandard dialect; nonstandard English.
- Mathematics. of or relating to a generalized system of numbers that includes the real numbers but also includes infinite and infinitesimal numbers:
nonstandard analysis.
nonstandard
/ nɒnˈstændəd /
adjective
- denoting or characterized by idiom, vocabulary, etc, that is not regarded as correct and acceptable by educated native speakers of a language; not standard
- deviating from a given standard
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Usage Note
A term labeled Nonstandard in this dictionary is one that is thought to be characteristic of the speech of persons with little education—a term that is often regarded as a marker of low social status.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nonstandard1
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Example Sentences
Alternatively, the cancer could have spread during the nine months that Jobs was experimenting with nonstandard therapies.
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Where the hell did my subway pass get off on finking me out for having a "nonstandard ride pattern?"
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Oh, you mean riding public transit in a nonstandard way isn't a crime?
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Several instances of possibly nonstandard spelling have been noted with ‘sic’, which have been retained.
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