nonstandard

adj, noun — 3 senses

nonstandard

adj

CA, US /nɑnˈstændɚd/

Etymology From non- + standard.

1

Not standard.

2

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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:
Derived terms
nonstandard analysis, nonstandard appreciable, nonstandard dialect, nonstandard item, nonstandardly, nonstandard method, nonstandardness, nonstandard number, nonstandard unit, nonstandard variety

nonstandard

noun

Etymology From non- + standard.

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:

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