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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Tina Siemens, a local historian in Gaines County who has assisted Edwards in the clinic, pushed back against the notion that the Mennonites in the area are uneducated about the disease or their decision not to vaccinate.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Democracy dies from an uneducated, uniformed and illiterate citizenry.
    Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The administration temporarily halted migrant transfers to the base after media reports alleged substandard conditions and the ACLU and other organizations sued, alleging detainees had no access to attorneys, family or due process.
    Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The qualifications of substandard housing shifted with the passing of Senate Bill 1465 in 2024.
    Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In his first season after transferring from Bowman, Pollard has helped the Cardinals win their first regional title since their Class 4A state championship season in 2007.
    Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Beginning April 4, Merit TV will air nine hours of TCL programming each weekend, featuring live bouts between 12 teams across four regional divisions representing major U.S. markets.
    Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Do not sign an immigration form that includes incorrect information or blanks.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Hallucinations, on the other hand, occur when an AI system is asked to provide factual information or perform specific tasks but instead generates incorrect or misleading content while presenting it as accurate.
    Anna Choi, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Ives tried to recover this lost ideal of an America that, for him, was always dialectical.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
  • As a student of astrology and as a Gemini sun—curious, quick-witted, charming with a penchant for dialectical analysis—who better to engage in this purely scientific endeavor?
    Maya Layne, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • All forms of nonstandard helmets are unsafe helmets.
    Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Additionally, the numeric keypad has a nonstandard three-column layout with narrow keys.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025

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“Nongrammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nongrammatical. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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