Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Failing to meet a standard; below standard.
- adjective Of, relating to, or indicating a pattern of linguistic usage that does not conform to that of the prestige group in a speech community or to that of the standard language.
- adjective Not in accord with notions of good English; nonstandard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Less than the normal standard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of
inferior quality ; not meeting theminimum qualityrequirements .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective falling short of some prescribed norm
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Examples
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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."
Prince William supervisors provide funds to Potomac Nationals minor league stadium Jennifer Buske 2011
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"He wants to put what he calls substandard people into substandard housing," snapped Dick Lippert, the top enforcer of St. Paul's building codes.
News By Bob Shaw 2010
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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.
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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.
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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
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Your suggestion that they would be party to something substandard is baseless and wrong, and the sign of a sour disposition.
Discourse.net: University of Miami Law School Announces Foreclosure Defense Fellowships 2009
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Operating a business based on hiring and employing the lowest-cost worker, however, usually results in substandard products.
Christopher Scott: Reforming Education Reform -- Teaching in the Broken System Christopher Scott 2010
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Operating a business based on hiring and employing the lowest-cost worker, however, usually results in substandard products.
Christopher Scott: Reforming Education Reform -- Teaching in the Broken System Christopher Scott 2010
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Cylinders not meeting these requirements are often referred to as substandard or noncompliant.
Depleted uranium 2008
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"It was, ‘Do I continue in substandard living or move on into something more lucrative?’"
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