Definitions for subnormal

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subnormal sub·nor·mal

Spelling: [suhb-nawr-muh l]

IPA: /sʌbˈnɔr məl/

Subnormal is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 574 anagrams from letters in subnormal (ablmnorsu).

Definitions for subnormal

adjective

1. below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal:
2. being less than average in any psychological trait, as intelligence, personality, or emotional adjustment.

noun

1. a subnormal person.
2. Geometry. that part of the x-axis of a curve cut off between the ordinate and a normal.

Origin of subnormal

First recorded in 1700-10; sub- + normal

Examples for subnormal

There is also much loose talk about the subnormal brutes in our penitentiaries.

(a) In acute infectious diseases the number is subnormal or normal.

But DeeDee was too subnormal to react even to a Disraeli-matrix.

Furthermore, the insane and subnormal are influenced by punishment and fear.

Page 9: "subnormal" sic; Byond amended to Beyond; opening quote marks added to "supernormal"

Decoration, which is an ornamental art, is feminine, and it will appeal to men who have a subnormal amount of the creator in them.

However, I indicated in another sense that I wasn't material for any propaganda of hysterical and subnormal seances.

In most families it is not possible for either or both parents to give entire time, strength and devotion to one subnormal child.

The temperature is subnormal, and the exposed parts tend to become blue in cold weather.

In those days they did not know that it is a field of subnormal electronic balance—in effect, the result of de-electroniration.