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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ungrammatical

1650s, from un- (1) "not" + grammatical. Related: Ungrammatically.

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ungrammatical

a. (context linguistics English) In violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language as defined by the grammar, resulting in unacceptable, or incorrect usage.

WordNet
ungrammatical

adj. not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage [syn: ill-formed] [ant: grammatical]

Usage examples of "ungrammatical".

His ungrammatical French was the fluidly sloppy get-along speech of an Anglophone who has made his home among French-speakers for a few months, not the half-African patois of the slave quarters.

Instead, he squinted his way through a dauntingly ungrammatical letter from someone who signed himself “yor luving grandson.