as in illiterate
violating approved patterns of speaking and writing
the résumé and its ungrammatical cover letter were summarily thrown in the trash
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Recent Examples of ungrammatical
And in general, the A.I. bots were useful for sharpening prose and cleaning up clunky, ungrammatical sentences.
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Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
That could be useful for conversations where telegraphic, ungrammatical messages would come off as impolite.
—Tom Simonite, Wired, 18 Oct. 2020
But to many Americans, the pronouns are ungrammatical and confusing.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
The ungrammatical use of ellipses to convey a pause or . . .
—Lynda Robinson, Washington Post, 15 May 2018
None of that here in the pretentious, inauthentic speech of an ungrammatical kid.
—Toby Zinman, Philly.com, 11 June 2018
Yes, its ungrammatical slogan does not exactly roll off the tongue.
—Mark Lisanti, Vanities, 11 May 2018
That's when Zaydel fired back in ungrammatical English.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2017
The Heart of Texas Facebook page is full of stilted, ungrammatical English.
—Tim Lister and Clare Sebastian, CNN, 5 Oct. 2017
Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
That could be useful for conversations where telegraphic, ungrammatical messages would come off as impolite.
—Tom Simonite, Wired, 18 Oct. 2020
But to many Americans, the pronouns are ungrammatical and confusing.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
The ungrammatical use of ellipses to convey a pause or . . .
—Lynda Robinson, Washington Post, 15 May 2018
None of that here in the pretentious, inauthentic speech of an ungrammatical kid.
—Toby Zinman, Philly.com, 11 June 2018
Yes, its ungrammatical slogan does not exactly roll off the tongue.
—Mark Lisanti, Vanities, 11 May 2018
That's when Zaydel fired back in ungrammatical English.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2017
The Heart of Texas Facebook page is full of stilted, ungrammatical English.
—Tim Lister and Clare Sebastian, CNN, 5 Oct. 2017
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“Ungrammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungrammatical. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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