nonstandard

nonstandard usage

a having undesirable or negative qualities s very intense s feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') s (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition a feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone s not capable of being collected s below average in quality or performance s nonstandard s not financially safe or secure s physically unsound or diseased s capable of harming s characterized by wickedness or immorality s reproduced fraudulently s not working properly

with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London a

a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States