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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In rural America, patients are more likely to live in substandard housing, lack access to reliable transportation, and face chronic food insecurity.
    Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • King’s House Bill 2453 would require the Railroad Commission, which oversees the oil and gas industry, and the Public Utility Commission to notify electric utilities when substandard power lines are found at well sites or at facilities used for oil and gas development or production.
    Jayme Lozano Carver, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • His intuition transformed Starbucks from a regional retailer into a global brand.
    Margot Machol Bisnow, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • Located just 10 minutes from Twin Falls and within easy reach of I-84, Patterson Farms provides residents with a convenient commute to major employers, shopping, dining, and regional travel hubs without sacrificing the charm of small-town living.
    Bates Homes, Idaho Statesman, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • Andy Byron has not put out any statement; reports saying otherwise are all incorrect.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
  • One company statement referenced the video and stories related to it by pointing out incorrect information.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Adjective
  • The most thrilling moments in my years of teaching drama have come when in the dialectical heat of class discussion, a new way of understanding a scene or a character’s psychology emerges from conflicting perspectives.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • The authors describe how in the face of grueling interrogations, Bonhoeffer and Dohnanyi drew on their formidable dialectical and legal training in a final act of resistance, deflecting the Gestapo’s accusations, threats, and verbal abuse.
    Peter Hoffmann, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2014
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
  • Platforms powered by compounders offering medications Big Pharma never prioritized: low-cost combo topicals, precise dosing, and nonstandard formats that reflect real-world patient needs.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • 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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“Nongrammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nongrammatical. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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