
Meaning of NONSTANDARD
| Pronunciation: | | 'nân'standurd
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- [adj] not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence; "a nonstandard text"
- [adj] varying from or not adhering to a standard; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board"
- [adj] (linguistics) 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
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NONSTANDARD is a 11 letter word that starts with N. |
| | Synonyms: | | bad, deficient, inferior, nonnormative, substandard, unacceptable, unaccepted |
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| | Antonyms: | | received, standard | |   | |
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