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NONSTANDARD
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence
Example:
a nonstandard text
Classified under:
Antonym:
standard (established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Varying from or not adhering to a standard
Example:
nonstandard lengths of board
Classified under:
Similar:
deficient; inferior; substandard (falling short of some prescribed norm)
nonnormative (not based on a norm)
Attribute:
amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)
Antonym:
standard (conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community
Example:
the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
bad (nonstandard)
unacceptable; unaccepted (not conforming to standard usage)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Antonym:
standard (conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers)
