nonstandard

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adjective

1. 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
• Ant:
standard
• Similar to:
bad, unacceptable, unaccepted
• Topics:
linguistics
2. varying from or not adhering to a standard
- nonstandard windows
- envelopes of nonstandard sizes
- nonstandard lengths of board
• Ant:
standard
• Similar to:
deficient, inferior, substandard, nonnormative
• Attrubites:
measure, quantity, amount
3. not standard;
not accepted as a model of excellence
- a nonstandard text
• Ant:
standard