nonstandard
[non-stan-derd]
- 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: a nonstandard dialect; nonstandard English.Compare standard(def 27).
- Mathematics. of or relating to a generalized system of numbers that includes the real numbers but also includes infinite and infinitesimal numbers: nonstandard analysis.
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Origin of nonstandard
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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Related Words for non-standard
abnormal, psycho, weird, deviant, ill-formed, atypical, bizarre, different, flaky, mental, odd, off-color, peculiar, strange, unusual, nonstandard, off-base, improper, inaccurate, incorrectExamples from the Web for non-standard
Contemporary Examples of non-standard
How was the requirement for the F-35B to VL on a non-standard runway framed?
Historical Examples of non-standard
Dialect and other non-standard spellings have not been changed.
The Wreck of the Grosvenor, Volume 2 of 3William Clark Russell
There is a ten per cent extra charge for non-standard merchandise.
Tangle HoldF. L. Wallace
Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including any non-standard spelling.
Where Love Is There God Is AlsoLyof N. Tolstoi
Anachronistic, non-standard, and inconsistent spellings retained as printed.
Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen AnneRobert C. Leslie
Archaic, colloquial, and non-standard spellings retained as printed.
nonstandard
- 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 Origin and History for non-standard
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