nonstandard
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nonstandard
- /nɑnˈstændɚd/ Canada, US
Where it comes from
From non- + standard.
adjective more nonstandard · most nonstandard · non-standard
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Not standard.
Similar: unstandard · Opposite: standard
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Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates:
(91) England put themselves in a position [whereby that they took a lot of credit for tonightʼs game
Similar: substandard
- Using numbers or methods beyond those used in traditional analysis, often introducing new concepts like infinitesimals or hyperreal numbers in order to solve difficult problems. A concise and simple exposition of nonstandard methods applied to delta functions and to other generalized functions.
noun nonstandards · non-standard
- Something that is not standard. Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards.
Translations
Every language
adj not standard
| हिन्दी | अमानक amānak, अमानकीय amānkīya |
|---|---|
| Português | irregular |
| Italiano | non standard |
| العربية | شَاذّ šāḏḏ |
adj not conforming to the standard variety
| हिन्दी | अमानक amānak, अमानकीय amānkīya |
|---|---|
| Português | não normativo, não padrão |
| Italiano | non standard |
| Русский | нелитературный neliteraturnyj, нестандартный nestandartnyj, просторечный prostorečnyj |
| العربية | شَاذّ šāḏḏ |
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