nongrammatical

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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
Adjective
  • But if language exemplifies the human capacity for internalizing grammatical conventions, then my moment of rule-breaking does not in fact expose some ungrammatical first nature.
    Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • The people who looked Indigenous were the uneducated characters, the cartoon characters.
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This Court finds that Respondent’s lack of candor on his I-485 was not an oversight by an uninformed, uneducated applicant.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The housing is for farmworkers aged 55 and up, many of whom live in substandard or cramped conditions due to their income.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Either way, these tech vendors had established a history of getting customers to adopt substandard technology in order to close a deal.
    Chris Degnan, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The hotel has committed to sourcing produce locally and to supporting regional agriculture.
    Kate Van Dyke, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Carnival Cruise Line is expanding its footprint in the Gulf Coast, with Carnival Valor homeporting year-round from Mobile, Alabama, starting in 2027, marking a major win for regional cruise fans.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • An earlier version of this story contained incorrect information, and the story has been updated.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Terrebonne resident Emmanuelle Bossé told public broadcaster CBC Radio-Canada in May her ballot was returned to sender because of an incorrect postal code on the return envelope provided by the national elections commission.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The movie is strangely, unusually dialectical within itself—composed of many layers that don’t coalesce or connect but reflect off one another and generate tension.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Kirsh sets the tone for the brainier side of this episode via two of this episode’s punchier scenes — ones where the dialectic dialogue really pops.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But like any socialized behavior, this mindset can be unlearned.
    Ruth Oh Reitmeier, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Take slang, the informal nonstandard language that fills our world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The keyboard consists of two freestanding halves with a nonstandard key layout.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Nongrammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nongrammatical. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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