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Recent Examples of nongrammatical
Runyon is writing in a nongrammatical, break-the-rules style.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2019
Runyon is writing in a nongrammatical, break-the-rules style.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2019
San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2019
Runyon is writing in a nongrammatical, break-the-rules style.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nongrammatical
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
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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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Still, despite the glut of legal graduates, his shift in focus was an unusual move for an ambitious young man in a country where farming is seen as a job for old, uneducated or poor people.—
Carmen Abd Ali,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Catholic Church openly collaborated with the Ustaše, whose support came largely from young men with rural, blue-collar, uneducated backgrounds.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Furthermore, decades of secondary math teacher shortages means that many positions have been filled by individuals teaching on substandard credentials who have inadequate preparation in math or pedagogy or both.—
Linda Darling-Hammond,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The civil-rights lawyers working to force reforms on Sheriff Kelly Martinez are worried about lapses in treatment for mentally ill people, a lack of quality medical care and substandard living conditions in the county’s seven different facilities.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Currently, the Coastal Federation has drop-off sites for recycled oyster shells at 3 regional offices and other locations in 10 counties.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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For the first time since the 1980s, the Islamic Republic faced a direct military assault from another regional power that targeted not only its military assets, but the symbolic and political heart of the regime itself.—
Sanam Vakil,
Time,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Consider a car engine: Removing deposits and sludge (inaccurate, outdated, irrelevant and incorrect information) reduces friction, while clean oil (large language models and AI) ensures smooth performance.—
Savinay Berry,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The buzzer was heard since that number was incorrect and the price of the car increased to 50 cents.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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See a mental health professional: If accessible to you, therapy approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can build mental and emotional resilience.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
19 June 2025
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But the turn that’s needed—one that could show who the characters are behind their dialectical façades—isn’t the one that comes.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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Although the 1973 commission’s report ran to 2,200 pages, some big lessons from 1973 may have gone unlearned—lessons that Israel needed to understand then and still does now.—
Uri Kaufman,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Oct. 2023
Adjective
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The buttons for switching between these sections are across the bottom of the interface, which is itself nonstandard (most people would look to the top of the interface).—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2025
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That makes for an interesting combination of permeability and a nonstandard, random-looking pattern.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Nongrammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nongrammatical. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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