[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"nonstandard"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]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: [URL="http://www.word.sc/standard"]standard[/URL]] [*]varying from or not adhering to a standard; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board" [ant: [URL="http://www.word.sc/standard"]standard[/URL]] [*]not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence; "a nonstandard text" [ant: [URL="http://www.word.sc/standard"]standard[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/nonstandard"]http://www.word.sc/nonstandard[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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