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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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Word History and Origins
Origin of nonstandard1
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Example Sentences
The models were unable to read the characters within the tags on the electric poles 90% of the time because it didn’t identify the nonstandard font and varying background colors used in the tags.
Alternatively, the cancer could have spread during the nine months that Jobs was experimenting with nonstandard therapies.
Where the hell did my subway pass get off on finking me out for having a "nonstandard ride pattern?"
Oh, you mean riding public transit in a nonstandard way isn't a crime?
Several instances of possibly nonstandard spelling have been noted with ‘sic’, which have been retained.
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