"nonstandard" meaning in English

See nonstandard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more nonstandard [comparative], most nonstandard [superlative]
Etymology: non- + standard Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|standard}} non- + standard Head templates: {{en-adj}} nonstandard (comparative more nonstandard, superlative most nonstandard)
  1. Not standard. Synonyms: unstandard Translations (not standard): niestandaard (Afrikaans), شَاذّ (šāḏḏ) (Arabic), нестандартен (nestandarten) (Bulgarian), nestandardní (Czech), nem szabványos (Hungarian), nonstandar (Indonesian), non standard (Italian), niestandardowy (Polish), nietypowy (Polish), irregular (Portuguese), neštandardný (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-nonstandard-en-adj-Uumo4dk0 Disambiguation of 'not standard': 83 17
  2. (linguistics) Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: substandard Translations (not conforming to the standard variety): niestandaard (Afrikaans), شَاذّ (šāḏḏ) (Arabic), nespisovný (Czech), nestandardní (Czech), nem standard (Hungarian), nem sztenderd (Hungarian), nem elfogadott (Hungarian), tak baku (Indonesian), nonbaku (Indonesian), non standard (Italian), nieliteracki (Polish), nienormatywny (Polish), niestandardowy (Polish), substandardowy (Polish), não normativo (Portuguese), não padrão (Portuguese), нелитературный (neliteraturnyj) (Russian), нестандартный (nestandartnyj) (Russian), просторечный (prostorečnyj) (Russian), substandardni (Serbo-Croatian), nestandardni (Serbo-Croatian), nenormativan (Serbo-Croatian), nespisovný (Slovak), neštandardný (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-nonstandard-en-adj-agelEeTD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 71 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 28 64 8 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'not conforming to the standard variety': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: non-standard Derived forms: nonstandard analysis, nonstandard dialect, nonstandard item, nonstandardly, nonstandard method, nonstandardness, nonstandard number, nonstandard unit, nonstandard variety

Noun

Forms: nonstandards [plural]
Etymology: non- + standard Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|standard}} non- + standard Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonstandard (plural nonstandards)
  1. Something that is not standard.
    Sense id: en-nonstandard-en-noun-JXxHpNF7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: non-standard

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not conforming to the standard variety",
      "word": "neštandardný"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nonstandard"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with non-"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "standard"
      },
      "expansion": "non- + standard",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "non- + standard",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nonstandards",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nonstandard (plural nonstandards)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Robert Cowart, Brian Knittel, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista, page 438",
          "text": "Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that is not standard."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "standard",
          "standard"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "non-standard"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nonstandard"
}

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