[
US
/nɑnˈstændɝd/
]
ADJECTIVE
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not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence
a nonstandard text -
varying from or not adhering to a standard
nonstandard windows
envelopes of nonstandard sizes
nonstandard lengths of board -
not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community
the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech
a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups
How To Use nonstandard In A Sentence
- Can nonstandardized bitewing radiographs be used to assess the presence of alveolar bone loss in epidemiologic studies?
- A quick Westlaw search through Allcases (date 5/1/2010) confirms that “per curium” is still nonstandard: “Per curiam” gets 1427 hits, “per curium” only 10. The Volokh Conspiracy » PC
- A misinterpretation of S that makes it true is known as a nonstandard or unintended model of S. Model Theory
- nonstandard windows
- Some ASICs have nonstandard serial communication interface that can't communicate with PC directly.
- A quick Westlaw search through Allcases date 5/1/2010 confirms that “per curium” is still nonstandard: “Per curiam” gets 1427 hits, “per curium” only 10. The Volokh Conspiracy » PC
- I missed nonstandard English and a pride in being nonstandard, in being weird, " he writes, in a rare moment of self-revelation. It would have helped to have known this all along.
- Bodges are usually temporary, but not always - for example, fitting a nonstandard part by filing it down or shimming it could legitimately described as a bodge.
- Mr. Negroponte says OLPC's nonproprietary software hindered sales, with some countries reluctant to commit to a nonstandard machine that didn't run Windows. Laptop Program for Kids
- men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity
