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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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As of 2024, 21 percent of adults in the U.S. were found to be illiterate, with 54 percent of adults having a literacy rate below a sixth-grade level, according to the National Literacy Institute (NLI).—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Vuong has told a strikingly similar anecdote about his late mother, like Rose an illiterate mixed-race Vietnamese immigrant who worked in a nail salon.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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The improvements of the Knicks, combined with a substandard night from the Pacers, led to a blowout.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The substandard detention conditions and complete dismantling of humanitarian release are counter to current law, inhumane, and expensive.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Unidiomatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidiomatic. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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