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ungrammatical

[uhn-gruh-mat-i-kuhl] / ˌʌn grəˈmæt ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
not using the correct rules of grammar
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Nor does it explain how his social media presence, which was always ungrammatical and silly, has become even more unhinged and incoherent.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2023

In June 1980, Wojnarowicz sent eight postcards in sequence, one a day, that spelled, in whimsical, elegant hand-drawn letters, “J’aime toi”— or, “I love you,” in ungrammatical French.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022

As ungrammatical as the chorus is, it’s memorable and enduring.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2018

The wording is ungrammatical and occasionally combines ideas that might otherwise have been kept apart.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2018

For myself, I am still haunted by those vowel sounds and those uniquely ungrammatical sentences only she could dream up!

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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