<b><font size="4">"nonstandard"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; "a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups"; "the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech"- A.R.Dunlap [ant: <a href="../standard.html">standard</a>] </li> <li>varying from or not adhering to a standard; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board" [ant: <a href="../standard.html">standard</a>] </li> <li>not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence; "a nonstandard text" [ant: <a href="../standard.html">standard</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../nonstandard.html">http://www.word.sc/nonstandard</a>

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