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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Not standard. / (linguistics) Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.

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Source Word

nonstandard

Japanese Meaning

標準でない / 非標準的 / （言語学）標準とされる品や話者の大多数が使用する言語形態に沿わない

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The engineer had to adapt to the nonstandard components when repairing the vintage radio.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ヴィンテージのラジオを修理する際、技術者は標準規格に合わない部品に対応しなければならなかった。

Sense（1）

Not standard.

Sense（2）

(linguistics) Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.

The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates:

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

more nonstandard

（ comparative ）

most nonstandard

（ superlative ）

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