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destandardizing

destandardizing is the present participle and gerund of destandardize.

Meaning of destandardize

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.

Questions about destandardizing

What is destandardizing the present participle and gerund of?
Destandardizing is the present participle and gerund of destandardize.

Words near destandardizing in the dictionary

  1. destandardising
  2. destandardization
  3. destandardize
  4. destandardized
  5. destandardizes
  6. destandardizing
  7. destank
  8. destarch
  9. destarched
  10. destarches
  11. destarching

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