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US
/nɑnˈstændɝd/
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ADJECTIVE
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not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence
a nonstandard text -
varying from or not adhering to a standard
nonstandard windows
envelopes of nonstandard sizes
nonstandard lengths of board -
not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community
the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech
a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups
How To Use nonstandard In A Sentence
- The fundamental theorem of calculus becomes almost obvious once the nonstandard terminology is invoked and interpreted in its full literality.
- Loeb, P. and Wolff, M. (eds.), 2000, Nonstandard Analysis for the Working Mathematician, Dordrecht: Kluwer. Model Theory
- envelopes of nonstandard sizes
- 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 Federal Times
- It was a nonstandard usage that some grammarians would call "hypercorrect" because the error was made by trying too hard to be correct. Libertarian Blog Place
- He argues against the use of nonstandard dialogue for the sake of local color or to make the social point that provincials can have literary status.
- Wikipedia describes it well: "a nonstandard English-language punctuation mark intended to combine the functions of the question mark (also called the interrogative point) and the exclamation mark or exclamation point (known in printers 'jargon as the bang)". Daring Fireball
- Analyzing exteriorly, Financing difficulty, Exterior auditing invalidation and nonstandard government action affect the motive of information disclosure of the private corporations.
- Cusick's use of nonstandard English keeps certain significant features of orality alive in the textualized version of the oral tradition.
- a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups