Nonstandard Meaning
/nɑnˈstændɚd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjNot standard.
adjNot conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
Sentence Examples
This pronunciation is nonstandard.
This is a nonstandard pronunciation.
Just because a pronunciation is nonstandard doesn't mean it's inferior.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The mechanic used a ____ tool because the standard one did not fit.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old machine uses ____ bolts, which makes finding replacement parts very difficult.
Word Origin & History
From non- + standard.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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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CEFR Practice Quiz
The mechanic used a ____ tool because the standard one did not fit.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old machine uses ____ bolts, which makes finding replacement parts very difficult.