as in illiterate
violating approved patterns of speaking and writing
the résumé and its ungrammatical cover letter were summarily thrown in the trash
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Recent Examples of ungrammatical
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.
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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
That could be useful for conversations where telegraphic, ungrammatical messages would come off as impolite.
—Tom Simonite, Wired, 18 Oct. 2020
But to many Americans, the pronouns are ungrammatical and confusing.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
None of that here in the pretentious, inauthentic speech of an ungrammatical kid.
—Toby Zinman, Philly.com, 11 June 2018
Yes, its ungrammatical slogan does not exactly roll off the tongue.
—Mark Lisanti, Vanities, 11 May 2018
That's when Zaydel fired back in ungrammatical English.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2017
The Heart of Texas Facebook page is full of stilted, ungrammatical English.
—Tim Lister and Clare Sebastian, CNN, 5 Oct. 2017
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
That could be useful for conversations where telegraphic, ungrammatical messages would come off as impolite.
—Tom Simonite, Wired, 18 Oct. 2020
But to many Americans, the pronouns are ungrammatical and confusing.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
None of that here in the pretentious, inauthentic speech of an ungrammatical kid.
—Toby Zinman, Philly.com, 11 June 2018
Yes, its ungrammatical slogan does not exactly roll off the tongue.
—Mark Lisanti, Vanities, 11 May 2018
That's when Zaydel fired back in ungrammatical English.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2017
The Heart of Texas Facebook page is full of stilted, ungrammatical English.
—Tim Lister and Clare Sebastian, CNN, 5 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungrammatical
illiterate
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Assembly Bill 325 is economically illiterate nonsense that attempts to ban the use of pricing algorithms that help businesses determine prices.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
29 Sep. 2025
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Because most people back in Roman times were illiterate and totally disconnected from the news of the World.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Ungrammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungrammatical. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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