nonstandard
IPA: nɑnstˈændɝd
noun
- Something that is not standard.
adjective
- Not standard.
- (linguistics) Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
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Examples of "nonstandard" in Sentences
- '' This is what I call a nonstandard, Thierer said.
- And when they hear the word nonstandard, a lot of people run in the other direction.
- Yeah she has some extra metal in nonstandard parts of her anatomy but that is just fashion.
- A misinterpretation of S that makes it true is known as a nonstandard or unintended model of S.
- The late Theodore Bernstein, alone a language scholar among the pop grammarians, denied that he called nonstandard usages "good" and
- The branch of mathematics called nonstandard analysis is based on nonstandard models of mathematical statements about the real or complex number systems; see
- The GoW team is so committed to the idea of nonstandard usage of the R-stick that they keep it up even when there isn't a point, or when it actually hurts gameplay.
- Lodging rates in 310 of the 378 so-called nonstandard areas - higher-cost areas where federal employees most frequently travel - will decline beginning Oct. 1, the General Services
- While Mr. Trichet insists that these so-called nonstandard measures are independent from monetary policy, analysts say would be difficult for the E.C.B. to raise rates while they are still in place.
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