1 (of language) not considered correct by most educated people:
non-standard dialects * non-standard English
compareSTANDARD
2 not the usual size, type, etc:
The paper was of non-standard size.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is non-standard a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, non-standard is tagged as adjective.
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