non-standardadjective
uk/ˌnɒnˈstæn.dəd/us/ˌnɑːnˈstæn.dɚd/non-standard adjective (NOT USUAL)
not normal or usual:
The keyboard was fitted with a non-standard plug.
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Unique and unusual
- accidental
- alt-
- alternative
- alternative lifestyle
- be marked out as sth idiom
- be one in a million idiom
- extraordinary
- fantastic
- guerrilla
- incongruous
- inimitable
- irreplaceable
- personalize
- rarity
- refreshing
- remarkable
- remarkably
- signally
- singular
- singularly
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non-standard adjective (LANGUAGE)
A non-standard word or phrase is not considered correct by educated speakers of the language.
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Forms of languages & specialist dialects
- acrolect
- argot
- basilect
- cant
- colloquialism
- legalese
- lingo
- lingua franca
- metalanguage
- newspeak
- officialese
- oral
- pidgin
- plain English
- rhyming slang
- slang
- slangy
- speak
- telegramese
- tongue
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