Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not in accord with the rules of grammar.
- adj. Not in accord with standard or socially prestigious linguistic usage.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not according to the established rules of grammar.
Wiktionary
- adj. linguistics 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.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage
Etymologies
- un- + grammatical (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The fourth sentence should sound ungrammatical which is what the asterisk means.”
“Coverdale's translation is not "ungrammatical" as far as the Hebrew language is concerned, notwithstanding that it was rejected in the reign of James I. ¤lechem¤, "bread," is evidently the accusative noun to the transitive verb ¤yiten¤, "He shall give.”
“What seems so horribly wrong about Palin's speech is that it borrows the strngth of demotic English, not to express thought forcefully - as ordinary, even "ungrammatical" English can do - but to cover for dishonesty and moral aridity.”
“Notice the puckish use of "betwixt" and the ungrammatical "Ag and I.”
“You know, the more I look at it, the less ungrammatical “the meaning of words do change over time” seems.”
National Grammar Day 2010: Ten More Common Grammar Myths, Debunked « Motivated Grammar
“To Russians, Mr. Chernomyrdin was also an amusing source of spontaneous aphorisms — some witty, some ungrammatical, some both — that belied his dour demeanor and seemed to define the confusions of a turbulent era.”
The Wall Street Journal: Former Russian Premier Chernomyrdin Dies at 72
“Like everybody else, Id just be staring at a laptop all day or poking at my phone, sending misspelled, ungrammatical instant messages to fellow nonreaders.”
“By the same token, TG grammarians will reject forms as being ungrammatical even when they are commonly attested (one of the texts I consulted disallows the sentence John bought what? for example).”
“However ungrammatical his speech might have been, however uninterested he might be in reading anything beyond the past performances of horses, Borel was at ease as he talked with dignitaries.”
“In it, he exposes the ungrammatical and illogical teaching practice of his day and even later, as I recall.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ungrammatical’.
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Pickle and such
Words that end like pickle. Listed here because they're funny (because they end like pickle).
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Why We Curse: WTF?
This list collects the magnificent collection of vocabulary of the article "What the F***? Why We Curse," by Steven Pinker, in The New Republic (Oct. 2007). I think I'm more impressed with the coll...
curse, language, earthy, ancient, unthinkable, thinkable, emotional, rhyme, meter, alliteration, pleasure, metaphor and 196 more...
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Un-word List
untrammelled, untoward, unenthusiastically, unenthusiastic, undaunted, uncanny, unceasing, unbridled, unacknowledged, unacquainted, unadorned, unaffected and 239 more...
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English grammar
terms relevant to English grammar
phrase, clause, sentence, complement, modifier, adjunct, specifier, constituent, syntax, bar level, supplement, coordination and 285 more...
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