subnormal

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9

Definition of subnormal

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Less than normal.
    “Near-synonym: below average”
    “His intelligence was considered subnormal, but as a musician he was a genius.”
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adj

  1. Less than normal.
    “Near-synonym: below average”
    “His intelligence was considered subnormal, but as a musician he was a genius.”
  2. denormal
    “Subnormal numbers cannot be normalized because this would result in an exponent that does not fit into the exponent field.”
  3. (derogatory, offensive)idiot, stupid.

noun

  1. A person whose abilities are less than normal.
    “the IQ scores of mental subnormals”
  2. That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
  3. Synonym of denormal.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From sub- + normal.

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