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nonstandard

/non-stan-derd/US // ˈnɒnˈstæn dərd //UK // (nɒnˈstændəd) //

不标准的,非标准,不标准,非标

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not standard.
    • : not conforming in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, etc., to the usage characteristic of and considered acceptable by most educated native speakers; lacking in social prestige or regionally or socially limited in use: a nonstandard dialect; nonstandard English.Compare standard.
    • : Mathematics. of or relating to a generalized system of numbers that includes the real numbers but also includes infinite and infinitesimal numbers: nonstandard analysis.

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Examples

  • The models were unable to read the characters within the tags on the electric poles 90% of the time because it didn’t identify the nonstandard font and varying background colors used in the tags.

  • Alternatively, the cancer could have spread during the nine months that Jobs was experimenting with nonstandard therapies.

  • Where the hell did my subway pass get off on finking me out for having a "nonstandard ride pattern?"

  • Oh, you mean riding public transit in a nonstandard way isn't a crime?

  • Several instances of possibly nonstandard spelling have been noted with ‘sic’, which have been retained.