nongrammatical

adjective

Definition of nongrammaticalnext
as in ungrammatical

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Recent Examples of nongrammatical Runyon is writing in a nongrammatical, break-the-rules style. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nongrammatical
  1. ungrammatical
  2. uneducated
  3. substandard
  4. regional
  5. incorrect
  6. dialectical
  7. unlearned
  8. nonstandard
Adjective
  • And in general, the A.I. bots were useful for sharpening prose and cleaning up clunky, ungrammatical sentences.
    — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • That could be useful for conversations where telegraphic, ungrammatical messages would come off as impolite.
    — Tom Simonite, Wired, 18 Oct. 2020
Definition of ungrammatical
Adjective
  • Look, the game is about first impressions and making decisions that are sort of uneducated.
    — Michael Cuby, Them., 31 Mar. 2025
  • Similar views applied to immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, whom many Americans regarded as poor, uneducated, and inferior.
    — Made by History, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of uneducated
Adjective
  • On multiple occasions over the last few days, in important ties (also referring to the League Cup final in England between Chelsea and Manchester City last Saturday at Pride Park, home of second-tier men’s team Derby County), our members have been asked to play in substandard conditions.
    — Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Congo threw its best elite army units into Goma, alongside substandard regular units.
    — Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of substandard
Adjective
  • Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was scheduled to address the disaster response at a meeting of regional leaders on Thursday in neighboring Thailand, where powerful tremors from the quake killed at least 22 people.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
  • These declines are the most significant since the regional bank crisis of the spring of 2023.
    — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of regional
Adjective
  • Although some posters online have suggested the streetlamp are emitting ultraviolet or black light, that's incorrect, Davis said.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
  • When that happens, inferring eligibility based on the tax unit claiming the child would be incorrect.
    — Elaine Maag, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of incorrect
Adjective
  • Ives tried to recover this lost ideal of an America that, for him, was always dialectical.
    — The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
  • As a student of astrology and as a Gemini sun—curious, quick-witted, charming with a penchant for dialectical analysis—who better to engage in this purely scientific endeavor?
    — Maya Layne, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
Definition of dialectical
Adjective
  • Those afflicted with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often behave in a manner which the unlearned (or uncaring) will immediately label as criminal.
    — Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Although the 1973 commission’s report ran to 2,200 pages, some big lessons from 1973 may have gone unlearned—lessons that Israel needed to understand then and still does now.
    — Uri Kaufman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023
Definition of unlearned
Adjective
  • Generated code may lack context, leading to nonstandard or vulnerable code.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • All forms of nonstandard helmets are unsafe helmets.
    — Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Definition of nonstandard

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“Nongrammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nongrammatical. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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