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
  • The notes were vintage O’Keeffe—brief, vivid, enlightening, and, yes, often ungrammatical, but brilliantly so.
    Calvin Tomkins, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Regrettably, their students are chronically uneducated.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Quit dismissing them as uneducated.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • For years, athletes and others connected to the Iowa State gymnastics program had raised concerns about the substandard conditions of its practice facility and the overall lack of resources, as USA Today reported in a retrospective last month.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • This reality is forcing families and individuals to live in substandard conditions or pushing them out of their communities.
    Ryan von Weller, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Foremost for Nelson, a softball recruit for Columbia in New York, likely would be leading the Green Wave to a second straight regional title and advancing further than last year’s sectional semifinal.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The price point and its adaptability and ease of connecting to devices, has made the Vision Pro increasingly attractive for medical professionals, especially those in regional or community hospitals where budgets are tighter.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Moreover, most of the assertions made by those seeking to undermine the dark matter hypothesis are now demonstrably incorrect, ruled out by the existing data.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Administrative errors or outdated income information can also lead to incorrect withholding amounts, which may temporarily increase what's taken until corrected.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • In Fiduccia’s perceptive reading, binaries such as abstraction and likeness, form and formlessness, seriality and singularity, take on dialectical tension and interrelation.
    Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy have been found to be significantly helpful for building self-esteem and coping with difficult emotions.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • De-Stalinization was quick and brutal, with history having the last say — a lesson guaranteed to go unlearned.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Peeta explained unlearned stimuli cause AVs to simply stop.
    Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Narrow bathrooms, round or unusual plumbing configurations may require nonstandard shower and tub configurations.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2026
  • State and federal officials have cited driver and pedestrian safety as the chief reason for removing nonstandard crosswalks.
    Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026

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“Nongrammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nongrammatical. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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