non-standard

ˌnon-ˈstandard adjectiveadj

1 SLnon-standard ways of speaking are not usually considered to be correct by educated speakers of a language 〔话语〕不标准的，不规范的

Non-standard dialects of English are regional dialects.

英语中不规范的方言都是地区性的方言。

2 DTnot the usual size or type 〔尺寸或类型〕不标准的，不规则的

a non-standard disk size

非标准磁盘尺寸

Examples from the Corpus

non-standard• Results show that non-standard entrants achieved more good degrees than other students.• Apart from the non-standard flight instruments the Apache has a convenient office and one rapidly feels at home.• M., the staff will schedule interviews during non-standard hours as necessary.• This, and other similar non-standard methods make d'Compress harder to use than it need be.• It is housed in vertical files which are of non-standard size, and which are no longer manufactured.• The early machines, the 1512 and the 1640, used plastic cases and a non-standard size.• For it is the non-elite institutions that are in the vanguard of recruiting non-standard students.• Example 91 uses non-standard units to avoid a relationship between different measures being known or guessed.

From Longman Business Dictionary

non-standardˌnon-ˈstandard adjectiveadj

not the usual size or type

The company is to introduce a non-standard week, which would make Saturday and Sunday regular work days.

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