substandard

IPA: sʌbstˈændɝd

adjective

  • Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
  • (linguistics, dated) Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.
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Examples of "substandard" in Sentences

  • "It was, ‘Do I continue in substandard living or move on into something more lucrative?’"
  • Cylinders not meeting these requirements are often referred to as substandard or noncompliant.
  • Your suggestion that they would be party to something substandard is baseless and wrong, and the sign of a sour disposition.
  • Operating a business based on hiring and employing the lowest-cost worker, however, usually results in substandard products.
  • "He wants to put what he calls substandard people into substandard housing," snapped Dick Lippert, the top enforcer of St. Paul's building codes.
  • Workers and union organizers protesting what they call substandard wages and unfair labor practices at local public schools and universities by the international food-service giant
  • However, Auckland engineer John Scarry, who has lobbied successive Governments about what he calls substandard practices in the industry, says the new regulatory system is superficial.
  • County officials were forced to make a funding decision after Minor League Baseball Director Mark Scialabba sent a letter to Major League Baseball officials, outlining what he called substandard conditions at a stadium that continues to "deteriorate."

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