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nonstandard   (TTS Sound)

The adj nonstandard has 3 senses

• nonstandard -- (not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; "a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups"; "the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech"- A.R.Dunlap)


• nonstandard -- (varying from or not adhering to a standard; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board")


• nonstandard -- (not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence; "a nonstandard text")