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sub·stan·dard

(sŭb-stăn′dərd)

adj.

1. Failing to meet a standard; below standard.

2. Linguistics

a. 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.

b. Not in accord with notions of good English; nonstandard. See Usage Note at nonstandard.

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substandard

(sʌbˈstændəd)

adj

1. below an established or required standard

2. another word for nonstandard

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sub•stand•ard

(sʌbˈstæn dərd)

adj.

1. below standard or less than adequate.

2. of or pertaining to a dialect or variety of a language or a feature of usage often considered by others to mark its user as uneducated; nonstandard.

[1895–1900]

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Adj.

substandard - falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"

deficient, inferior

nonstandard - varying from or not adhering to a standard; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board"

substandard

adjective inferior, inadequate, unacceptable, damaged, imperfect, second-rate, shoddy a policy of clearing substandard housing

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substandard

adjective

Of low or lower quality:

common, inferior, low-grade, low-quality, mean, mediocre, second-class, second-rate, shabby.

Translations

تَحْت المُسْتَوى

neodpovídající normě

andenrangs

unter der Norm

gyenge minõségû

undir tilsettum gæîastaîli

di livello inferiore alla media di valore scadente

žemesnio negu reikiamo lygio

standartam neatbilstošs

nezodpovedajúci normesubštandardný

düşük seviyeli

低于规定标准的

substandard

[ˈsʌbˈstændəd] ADJ

1. (= inferior) [products, material] → de calidad inferior; [service, work, performance] → poco satisfactorio
substandard housing → viviendas que no reúnen condiciones de habitabilidad

2. (Ling) (= nonstandard) → no estándar

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substandard

adj work, goods → minderwertig; quality also, housing → unzulänglich; worker → unterdurchschnittlich; (Ling) → nicht korrekt

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substandard

[ˌsʌbˈstændəd] adj (goods) → scadente; (housing) → di qualità scadente

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substandard

(sabˈstӕndəd) adjective

below the (officially) approved standard. substandard working conditions.

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During separate operations, the PFA also disposed-off thousands of packets 145 kg of substandard sweets and 60kg of cooked food.

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He said that no leniency will be shown to those using substandard and cheap Iranian coal-tar in the construction of roads and stern action will be taken against them under the law after registration of cases.

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Aquino said he believes substandard and inferior steel bars are largely to be blamed for the huge number of casualties in the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit Bohol and Cebu last year.

Senator blames substandard steel for huge number of quake casualties

While the professional ethics division does not disclose information about ethics investigations, the division believes making practitioners aware of the most frequent deficiencies will enable them to avoid the pitfalls of substandard performance.

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The action was launched in line with the cabinet's decision made last month over several deaths by substandard gas cylinders on the Indus Highway.

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Not only are the final products substandard, given the strict demands of modern infrastructures, manufacturing them adds to the pollution that has become an increasing problem in many developing economies.

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He said that the action would also send a strong warning to unscrupulous individuals to desist from the nefarious trade in fake and substandard lubricants.

SON set to publish list of manufacturers/importers of adulterated lubricants

Agha Mashiuddin Khan Durrani, the district chairman Shikarpur, said that this chair has received many complains about substandard medicines being sold out by medical store and who have been playing with the precious lives of people of Shikarpur for a long he lamented that despite several complaints drug inspector is not taking serious action against owners of involved medical stores for larger interests of the people of Shikarpur, which is condemnable act.

Substandard medicines, cold drinks, juices on sale

LAHORE -- Medicines purchased by Punjab Health Department for free distribution in the government hospitals were found substandard, a Lab test revealed.