unstandardized
- adjective
- /ʌnˈstændərˌdaɪzd/
:
no estandarizado
- Due to unstandardized teaching methods, students received different levels of instruction across the schools.
Examples
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The methods utilized to evaluate the existence and effects of domestic violence vary greatly; these largely unstandardized methods include psychological testing and specialized questionnaires—some dubiously created by evaluators themselves.
Academic text (2016) -
The unstandardized safety measures at the festival led to confusion among the vendors.
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Food service establishments in Oklahoma are classified by the health department as "high risk," "medium risk," or "low risk" according to unstandardized subjective criteria.
Academic text (2006) -
A collection of undisciplined yahoos with unstandardized equipment and supply, purely notional understandings of authority, who will quickly fall to abusing any civilians that come into their line.
Blog text (15) -
The team's approach to the project was unstandardized, allowing for creativity but resulting in inconsistencies.
Synonyms
1
8.2
Not following usual rules for parts, procedures, or documents
1
7.0
Not following the usual rules for size, shape, or quality so it may not fit other things
Made without following an official or usual rule
Not usual or what most people expect
Not following usual rules or ways
Antonyms
How Standardized
∞
2.3
1
4.3
675
2.7
1
7.0
17
8.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
unstandardized = standardized (transparent) = un + standard + ize + ed
The adjective is clearly formed by negating 'standardized' with 'un-', and 'standardized' is a regular derivation from 'standard' + '-ize' + '-ed'.
Etymology
Unstandardized is built from un- 'not', standard 'a fixed rule or level', and -ized 'made'. So unstandardized means 'not made to the standard', which helps you remember it for methods or products that do not follow a fixed set of rules and may look different.