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substandard

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English

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Etymology

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Fromsub- +‎standard.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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substandard (comparativemoresubstandard,superlativemostsubstandard)

  1. Ofinferiorquality; not meeting theminimum qualityrequirements.
    They built this withsubstandard parts. No wonder it collapsed.
    • 1982 December 4, Catherine Joseph, “Empowered into Enlightenment”, inGay Community News, volume10, number20, page14:
      Nettie describes the takeover of village after village by white men who intend to use the land and people for exploitative purposes without any regard or compensation for the villagers (who once had a strong sense of themselves) and who are then made to work the land forsubstandard wages.
    • 2021 January 13, “Network News: NR fined after teenage trespasser suffers electrocution injuries”, inRAIL, issue 922, page17:
      [...] the fence provided by NR wassubstandard and poorly maintained, such that unauthorised access to the railway was straightforward.
  2. (linguistics, dated) Not conforming to thestandard variety;nonstandard.

Translations

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of inferior quality
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