nonstandard

Meanings

Plural: nonstandards

Adjective

• not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; ; - A.R.Dunlap
  • "a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups"
  • "the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech"
• varying from or not adhering to a standard
  • "nonstandard windows"
  • "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"
  • "nonstandard lengths of board"
• not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence
  • "a nonstandard text"

Adj

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

Noun

• Something that is not standard.

Synonyms

substandard, unstandard

Antonyms

standard

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