adj
Meaning 1
Not standard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unstandard
Antonyms: standard
Standard Lemma guide
nonstandard
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, US: /nɑnˈstændɚd/
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CMU ARPABET: N AA0 N S T AE1 N D ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: substandard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Something that is not standard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a nonstandard text
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: standard
adjective
Meaning 5
varying from or not adhering to a standard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- nonstandard windows
- envelopes of nonstandard sizes
- nonstandard lengths of board
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: standard
adjective
Meaning 6
not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community- A.R.Dunlap
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups
- the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: standard
History
Etymology
From non- + standard.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: niestandaard — not standard
- Arabic: شَاذّ (šāḏḏ) — not standard
- Bulgarian: нестандартен (nestandarten) — not standard
- Czech: nestandardní — not standard
- Hindi: अमानक (amānak) — not standard
- Hindi: अमानकीय (amānkīya) — not standard
- Hungarian: nem szabványos — not standard
- Indonesian: nonstandar — not standard
- Italian: non standard — not standard
- Polish: niestandardowy — not standard
- Polish: nietypowy — not standard
- Portuguese: irregular — not standard
- Slovak: neštandardný — not standard
- Afrikaans: niestandaard — not conforming to the standard variety
- Arabic: شَاذّ (šāḏḏ) — not conforming to the standard variety
- Czech: nespisovný — not conforming to the standard variety
- Czech: nestandardní — not conforming to the standard variety
- Hindi: अमानक (amānak) — not conforming to the standard variety
- Hindi: अमानकीय (amānkīya) — not conforming to the standard variety
- Hungarian: nem standard — not conforming to the standard variety
- Hungarian: nem sztenderd — not conforming to the standard variety
- Hungarian: nem elfogadott — not conforming to the standard variety
- Indonesian: tak baku — not conforming to the standard variety
- Indonesian: nonbaku — not conforming to the standard variety
- Italian: non standard — not conforming to the standard variety
- Polish: nieliteracki — not conforming to the standard variety
- Polish: nienormatywny — not conforming to the standard variety
- Polish: niestandardowy — not conforming to the standard variety
- Polish: substandardowy — not conforming to the standard variety
- Portuguese: não normativo — not conforming to the standard variety
- Portuguese: não padrão — not conforming to the standard variety
- Russian: нелитературный (neliteraturnyj) — not conforming to the standard variety
- Russian: нестандартный (nestandartnyj) — not conforming to the standard variety
- Russian: просторечный (prostorečnyj) — not conforming to the standard variety
- Serbo-Croatian: substandardni — not conforming to the standard variety
- Serbo-Croatian: nestandardni — not conforming to the standard variety
- Serbo-Croatian: nenormativan — not conforming to the standard variety
- Slovak: nespisovný — not conforming to the standard variety
- Slovak: neštandardný — not conforming to the standard variety
Real reading context