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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 -
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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In 2024, 21 percent of adults in the U.S. were found to be illiterate, while 54 percent of adults had a literacy below a sixth grade level, .—
Jasmine Laws,
Newsweek,
6 Jan. 2025
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And the popularity of these economically illiterate policies (not including the tax cuts) could indeed be very harmful, especially as trust in economic experts continues to fall.—
Connor Okeeffe,
Orange County Register,
25 Sep. 2024
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Independence is expanding its apartment inspection program, called Rental Ready, after buildings that had passed city inspections under the old guidelines gained publicity for substandard and dangerous living conditions.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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The station had been renovated twice in recent years under a partnership between Serbia and Chinese companies, raising allegations of corruption and substandard construction practices.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Unidiomatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unidiomatic. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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