nstd

Adjective

nonstandard (comparative more nonstandard, superlative most nonstandard)

1. Not standard.

   Synonyms:

   unstandard

   Antonyms:

   standard

2. Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
   • The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates:
     (91) England put themselves in a position [whereby that they took a lot of credit for tonightʼs...1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 9, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 486

   Synonyms:

   substandard

3. Using numbers or methods beyond those used in traditional analysis, often introducing new concepts like infinitesimals or hyperreal numbers in order to solve difficult problems.
   • A concise and simple exposition of nonstandard methods applied to delta functions and to other generalized functions.1990, R. F. Hoskins, Standard and Nonstandard Analysis, Fundamental Theory, Techniques, and Applications, page 230

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Adjective

nested (not comparable)

1. Embedded.
2. Successively fitted one inside another.
3. (Of a lexical item) contained within a dictionary entry as a subordinate term of the main headword.
   • The "Terms" number is the total number of words and lexical phrases, including sub-headwords and other nested lexical items, but exclusive of variants.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297