Nonstandard Definition
nŏn-stăndərd
adjective
Varying from or not adhering to the standard.
Nonstandard lengths of board.
American Heritage
Designating or of dialects or usages, locutions, grammatical constructions, pronunciations, etc. that differ from the standard dialect.
Webster's New World
Associated with a language variety used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
noun
Something that is not standard.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Nonstandard
Noun
Singular:
nonstandard
Plural:
nonstandardsOrigin of Nonstandard
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non- +"Ž standard
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