Dictionary

ungrammatical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English grammatical English ungrammatical From un- + grammatical.

Meanings

1. In violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language as defined by the grammar, resulting in unacceptable or incorrect usage.
   • My Greek is not the tongue of Homer or Aeschylus but a sloppy ungrammatical sabir lacking Attic salt and tending to a saccharinity which sets my teeth on edge. 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
   • While adopting the pronoun as a nonbinary description is vastly preferable for some, Merriam-Webster says, there has also been some debate that it is ungrammatical. 2019 September 17, Kendall Trammell, “Merriam-Webster adds the nonbinary pronoun ‘they’ to its dictionary”, in CNN:
   • That comment seemed to anger Ingraham, who called James’ view a “barely intelligible, not to mention ungrammatical take on President Trump.” 2018 February 17, Devan Cole, “LeBron James: ‘I am more than an athlete’”, in CNN:

Forms

Antonyms

grammatical

Deriveds

ungrammaticality · ungrammatically · ungrammaticalness

Relateds

ungrammaticalized

Synonyms

agrammatical · ungrammatic

Translations (37)

fr agrammatical (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · tr dilbilgisi dışı (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · ml വ്യാകരണവിരുദ്ധമായി (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · pl niegramatyczny (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · eo kontraŭgramatika (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · ja 非文法的 (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · ml വ്യാകരണപ്പിഴയുള്ളതായി (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · pl agramatyczny (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · fi kieliopillisesti virheellinen (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · hy քերականորեն ոչ ճիշտ (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · io kontre-gramatika (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · cmn 非文法的 (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · pt ingramatical (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · ml വ്യാകരണപ്പിഴയുള്ള (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · ar مَلْحُون (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · de ungrammatisch (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · ja 破格 (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · hsb njegramatiski (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · ro negramatical (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · sv ogrammatisk (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · pt agramatical (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · kmr nerêzimanî (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · pt antigramatical (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · te అశాస్త్రీయమైన (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · my သဒ္ဒါအတိုင်းမဟုတ်သော ၊ (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · ru неграммати́ческий (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · ko 비문법적 (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · et ebagrammatiline (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · es agramatical (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · te గ్రామ్యమైన (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · it sgrammaticato (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · cmn 不合文法的 (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · he לא דקדוקי (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · ca agramatical (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · gv neughrammeydoil (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · el αντιγραμματικός (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language) · ru негра́мотный (in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language)