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ungrammatical

ungrammatical adjective: in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language as defined by the grammar, resulting in unacceptable or incorrect usage.

Adjective

ungrammatical (comparative more ungrammatical, superlative most ungrammatical)

  1. In violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language as defined by the grammar, resulting in unacceptable or incorrect usage.
    • My Greek is not the tongue of Homer or Aeschylus but a sloppy ungrammatical sabir lacking Attic salt and tending to a saccharinity which sets my teeth on edge.1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
    • That comment seemed to anger Ingraham, who called James’ view a “barely intelligible, not to mention ungrammatical take on President Trump.”2018 February 17, Devan Cole, “LeBron James: ‘I am more than an athlete’”, in CNN
    Antonyms:
    grammatical

ungrammatical meaning in Telugu, Malayalam, Arabic and Myanmar

ungrammatical in Telugu

in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
అశాస్త్రీయమైన aśāstrīyamaina, గ్రామ్యమైన grāmyamaina

ungrammatical in Malayalam

in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
വ്യാകരണപ്പിഴയുള്ള vyākaraṇappiḻayuḷḷa, വ്യാകരണവിരുദ്ധമായി vyākaraṇaviruddhamāyi, വ്യാകരണപ്പിഴയുള്ളതായി vyākaraṇappiḻayuḷḷatāyi

ungrammatical in Arabic

in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
مَلْحُون malḥūn

ungrammatical in Myanmar

in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
သဒ္ဒါအတိုင်းမဟုတ်သော ၊

Examples of ungrammatical in a sentence

  • There are speakers for whom examples like (3a) sound very unnatural (while not totally ungrammatical).
  • BAP has produced an ungrammatical and meandering but refreshingly brief “exhortation” (as he terms it) that reveals a widely read mind.
  • That comment seemed to anger Ingraham, who called James’ view a “barely intelligible, not to mention ungrammatical take on President Trump.”

All 10 example sentences with ungrammatical

Synonyms of ungrammatical

Antonyms

Forms of ungrammatical

comparativemore ungrammatical
superlativemost ungrammatical

Origin of ungrammatical

From un- + grammatical.

Words formed from ungrammatical

Questions about ungrammatical

What does ungrammatical mean?
Ungrammatical means in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language as defined by the grammar, resulting in unacceptable or incorrect usage.
What is ungrammatical in Telugu?
Ungrammatical in Telugu is అశాస్త్రీయమైన (aśāstrīyamaina), గ్రామ్యమైన (grāmyamaina). See Ungrammatical meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is ungrammatical?
Ungrammatical is an adjective.

Words near ungrammatical in the dictionary

  1. ungrained
  2. ungrainy
  3. ungrammar
  4. ungrammared
  5. ungrammatic
  6. ungrammatical
  7. ungrammaticalities
  8. ungrammaticality
  9. ungrammaticalized
  10. ungrammatically
  11. ungrammaticalness

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