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subnormal

subnormal adjective: less than normal.

Adjective

subnormal (comparative more subnormal, superlative most subnormal)

  1. Less than normal.
    • Near-synonym: below average
    • His intelligence was considered subnormal, but as a musician he was a genius.
    Synonyms:
    below average
    Antonyms:
    supernormal
  2. denormal
    • Subnormal numbers cannot be normalized because this would result in an exponent that does not fit into the exponent field.2007, Ward Cheney, David Kincaid, Numerical mathematics and computing, page 704
  3. (derogatory, offensive) idiot, stupid.

Noun

subnormal (plural subnormals)

  1. A person whose abilities are less than normal.
    • the IQ scores of mental subnormals
  2. That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
  3. Synonym of denormal.
    Synonyms:
    denormal

subnormal meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

subnormal in Tamil

இயல்நிலைக்குக் குறைவான, அடிச்செங்கோடு, இயல்பிற்குக்கீழான, பொதுக்கீழான, இயல்பு குறைந்த

subnormal in Bengali

স্বাভাবিকের চেয়ে কম, নিম্নমানের

subnormal in Malayalam

below normal, below average, low
സാധാരണയിലും കുറവായ, ശരാശരിയിലും താഴ്ന്ന, സാധാരണനിലവാരത്തിലും താഴെയായ, മോശപ്പെട്ട, കുറവായ
having learning difficulties, having special (educational) needs, of low intelligence
പഠനവെെകല്യമുള്ള, പഠനശേഷികുറഞ്ഞ, പഠിത്തത്തിൽ പിന്നോക്കമായ, പഠനത്തിനു പ്രത്യേകം ശ്രദ്ധ ആവശ്യമുള്ള, ബുദ്ധിമാന്ദ്യമുള്ള, ബുദ്ധിശക്തി കുറവായ

Synonyms of subnormal

Antonyms

Forms of subnormal

Adjective
comparativemore subnormal
superlativemost subnormal
Noun
pluralsubnormals

Origin of subnormal

From sub- + normal.

Words formed from subnormal

Questions about subnormal

What does subnormal mean?
Subnormal means less than normal.
What is subnormal in Tamil?
Subnormal in Tamil is இயல்நிலைக்குக் குறைவான, அடிச்செங்கோடு, இயல்பிற்குக்கீழான. See Subnormal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is subnormal?
Subnormal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near subnormal in the dictionary

  1. subnodal
  2. subnode
  3. subnodes
  4. subnodulous
  5. subnominal
  6. subnormal
  7. subnormalities
  8. subnormality
  9. subnormally
  10. subnormals
  11. subnormothermic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: subnormal (page history and authors); subnormal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subnormal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subnormal (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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