NONSTANDARD

nonstandard

(adjective) not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence; “a nonstandard text”

nonstandard

(adjective) varying from or not adhering to a standard; “nonstandard windows”; “envelopes of nonstandard sizes”; “nonstandard lengths of board”

nonstandard

(adjective) not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; “a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups”; “the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech”- A.R.Dunlap

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nonstandard (comparative more nonstandard, superlative most nonstandard)

Not standard.

Synonym: unstandard

Antonym: standard

(linguistics) Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.

Synonym: substandard

Noun

nonstandard (plural nonstandards)

Something that is not standard.

Source: Wiktionary



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