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nonstandard en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /nɑnˈstændɚd/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

From non- + standard.

Meanings

  1. Not standard.
  2. 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] (Ron Greenwood, BBC radio 4) 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 9, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 486:
  3. 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. 1990, R. F. Hoskins, Standard and Nonstandard Analysis, Fundamental Theory, Techniques, and Applications, page 230:
    • For these reasons, a number of nonstandard methods have been developed to ensure that the numerical solutions preserve the properties of the model. 2018, Seyed M. Moghadas, Majid Jaberi-Douraki, Mathematical Modelling, A Graduate Textbook:

Forms

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most nonstandard Degree=Sup lexicographic
non-standard alternative lexicographic
more nonstandard Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

standard

Deriveds

nonstandard item · nonstandard appreciable · nonstandard number · nonstandard variety · nonstandard dialect · nonstandardness · nonstandardly · nonstandard unit · nonstandard analysis

Synonyms

unstandard · substandard

Translations (39)

sh nenormativan (not conforming to the standard variety) · hu nem szabványos (not standard) · ru просторечный (not conforming to the standard variety) · ar شَاذّ (not standard) · sk nespisovný (not conforming to the standard variety) · pl nietypowy (not standard) · cs nestandardní (not standard) · pl nieliteracki (not conforming to the standard variety) · id nonbaku (not conforming to the standard variety) · pt não normativo (not conforming to the standard variety) · af niestandaard (not conforming to the standard variety) · sk neštandardný (not standard) · it non standard (not standard) · pl substandardowy (not conforming to the standard variety) · pl niestandardowy (not standard) · hu nem standard (not conforming to the standard variety) · hu nem elfogadott (not conforming to the standard variety) · pl niestandardowy (not conforming to the standard variety) · hi अमानकीय (not standard) · pt não padrão (not conforming to the standard variety) · hu nem sztenderd (not conforming to the standard variety) · id tak baku (not conforming to the standard variety) · af niestandaard (not standard) · sk neštandardný (not conforming to the standard variety) · hi अमानकीय (not conforming to the standard variety) · sh nestandardni (not conforming to the standard variety) · ru нестандартный (not conforming to the standard variety) · cs nestandardní (not conforming to the standard variety) · ru нелитературный (not conforming to the standard variety) · it non standard (not conforming to the standard variety) · ar شَاذّ (not conforming to the standard variety) · pt irregular (not standard) · pl nienormatywny (not conforming to the standard variety) · hi अमानक (not conforming to the standard variety) · hi अमानक (not standard) · cs nespisovný (not conforming to the standard variety) · id nonstandar (not standard) · bg нестандартен (not standard) · sh substandardni (not conforming to the standard variety)

nonstandard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /nɑnˈstændɚd/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

From non- + standard.

Meanings

  1. Something that is not standard.
    • Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards. 2008, Robert Cowart, Brian Knittel, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista, page 438:

Forms

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nonstandards Number=Plur lexicographic
non-standard alternative lexicographic