non-standard
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non-standard — ˌnon ˈstandard adjective not the usual size or type: • The company is to introduce a non standard week, which would make Saturday and Sunday regular work days. * * * non standard UK US /ˌnɒnˈstændəd/ adjective ► not of the normal type or size:… … Financial and business terms
non standard — ● non standard adjectif Qui ne répond pas aux canons d un modèle habituel, aux normes courantes d un appareil. ● non standard (expressions) adjectif Analyse ou mathématique non standard, domaine des mathématiques développé en 1966 par A. Robinson … Encyclopédie Universelle
non-standard — adj 1.) non standard ways of speaking are not usually considered to be correct by educated speakers of a language ▪ Non standard dialects of English are regional dialects. 2.) not the usual size or type ▪ a non standard disk size … Dictionary of contemporary English
non-standard — (adj.) also nonstandard, 1926, from NON (Cf. non ) + STANDARD (Cf. standard). A linguist s value neutral term for language formerly stigmatized as bad or vulgar … Etymology dictionary
non-standard — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not average, normal, or usual. 2) (of language) not of the form accepted as standard … English terms dictionary
non-standard — nonstandard onstandard, non standard on standardadj. 1. varying from or not adhering to a standard; as, nonstandard windows; envelopes of nonstandard sizes; non standard lengths of board cost more per foot. Opposite of {standard}. [Narrower terms … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
non-standard — UK / US adjective 1) not the usual type a non standard contract 2) linguistics non standard forms of language are different from those that are usually considered to be correct non standard grammar … English dictionary
non-standard — adjective 1 not the usual size or type: a non standard disk size 2 non standard words, expressions, or pronunciations are not usually considered to be correct by educated speakers of a language, for example gotta in the sentence I gotta go … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
non-standard — adj. Non standard is used with these nouns: ↑dialect … Collocations dictionary
ˌnon-ˈstandard — adj linguistics non standard forms of language are different from those that are usually thought to be correct … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
