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destandardize

destandardize verb: to render nonstandard; to withdraw as a standard.

Verb

destandardize (third-person singular simple present destandardizes, present participle destandardizing, simple past and past participle destandardized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To render nonstandard; to withdraw as a standard.

Forms of destandardize

third-person singular presentdestandardizes
present participledestandardizing
past participledestandardized
pastdestandardized
alternative formdestandardise

Origin of destandardize

From de- + standardize.

Questions about destandardize

What does destandardize mean?
Destandardize means to render nonstandard; to withdraw as a standard.
What part of speech is destandardize?
Destandardize is a verb.
What is the past tense of destandardize?
The past tense of destandardize is destandardized.

Words near destandardize in the dictionary

  1. destandardise
  2. destandardised
  3. destandardises
  4. destandardising
  5. destandardization
  6. destandardize
  7. destandardized
  8. destandardizes
  9. destandardizing
  10. destank
  11. destarch

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