unidiomatic

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ idiomatic.

Adjective

unidiomatic (comparative more unidiomatic, superlative most unidiomatic)

  1. Not idiomatic; not conforming to an idiom.
    Synonym: nonidiomatic
    Antonym: idiomatic
    • 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 169:
      It is not difficult to collect examples of unidiomatic English used by foreigners.

Usage notes

  • unidiomatic is vastly more common than nonidiomatic.[1]

Translations

References

  1. ^ unidiomatic, nonidiomatic, non-idiomatic at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

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