unstandard
unstandard adjective: not standard; not at standard, or at a level other than that which is considered standard.
Adjective
unstandard (comparative more unstandard, superlative most unstandard)
- Not standard; not at standard, or at a level other than that which is considered standard
- Similarly, to take twenty-five years of free-form, cross-cutting social, political, economic, and historical writing growing out of work at a single, unstandard, American institution and isolate it as an "era" in such writing — a stage, a phase, a line of thought — is to pursue an agenda, take a...2001, Joan Wallach Scott, Debra Keates, Schools of Thought: Twenty-five Years of Interpretive Social Science
- In particular reference to our own topic, the Drugs Act and Rules can prevent a pharmacist from selling drugs which are not of standard quality but cannot prevent him from selling his commodities at a cheaper rate than that of his fellow pharmacists in his area or from indulging in a cut throat...2008, Dr. M. D. Burande, Drug Store And Business Management
Forms of unstandard
| comparative | more unstandard |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unstandard |
Origin of unstandard
From un- + standard.
Questions about unstandard
- What does unstandard mean?
- Unstandard means not standard; not at standard, or at a level other than that which is considered standard.
- What part of speech is unstandard?
- Unstandard is an adjective.
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