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Adjective
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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
Adjective
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People with phones don’t always have internet access, and many are illiterate.—
Sam Mednick,
The Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2025
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The crowds who first flocked to view the tapestry, back in the 11th century, would largely have been illiterate and narrative hangings of this nature, with a mix of picture and text inscriptions, were a way to tell stories that everyone could follow.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Haliburton does have an All-NBA case, though his substandard 15-or-so games in October through early December hurt it.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Knox and Kincaid were supposed to be a dangerous tandem — maybe the NFL’s most dangerous — in 2024, but Buffalo’s tight ends were substandard.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Unidiomatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidiomatic. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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