substandard
below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions.
noting or pertaining to a dialect or variety of a language or a feature of usage that is often considered by others to mark its user as uneducated; nonstandard.
Insurance.
not measuring up to an insurer's regular standards in undertaking risks: a substandard risk.
pertaining to insurance written to cover substandard risks.
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How to use substandard in a sentence
In South Africa, investigators found in September that 60 percent of “medical grade” face masks provided by companies hired for the task were substandard.
He concluded that lab conditions for making the kits were substandard and that contamination was the most likely cause of the many N3 false positives, federal officials told The Post.
The CDC’s failed race against covid-19: A threat underestimated and a test overcomplicated | David Willman | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostPrison populations are sicker, on average, than the general population and health care behind bars is notoriously substandard.
Coronavirus is hitting prisons and jails hard—1 in 5 inmates has had COVID, and 1,700 have died | Bernhard Warner | December 18, 2020 | FortuneIt has startled Heiden how many received substandard representation.
Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Its Poorest Residents | by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor, with data analysis by Agnel Philip | October 6, 2020 | ProPublicaSinovac was not directly tied to any of China’s substandard vaccines, but the company has been prone to missteps.
China’s Sinovac plans to test COVID vaccine on children before the company is sure the inoculation works in adults | Grady McGregor | September 18, 2020 | Fortune
The consequences of substandard teaching go far beyond whether college or a good job is in reach.
Vergara v. California: The Most Important Court Case You’ve Never Heard Of | Campbell Brown | May 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis building is at risk of erupting into flames due to substandard electrical wiring, SIGAR found.
Milam expresses a similar sentiment, dismissing the misconception that Web productions are substandard to traditional media.
Introducing ‘School of Thrones’: ‘Game of Thrones’ Parody Web Series | Molly Taylor | March 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWho will make sure that haste to satisfy the displaced does not lead to substandard building?
How Will the Tri-State Area Rebuild After Sandy? | Megan McArdle | November 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey continue to be bogged down with allegations of substandard mental-health care.
Armed Services Members MIA in Presidential Debates, Campaign | Marjorie Morrison | October 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTGet rid of the substandard wiring, the ancient, lead-leaching plumbing, the cracked tile and water-warped crumbling plaster.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town | Cory Doctorowsubstandard wages provide only a substandard market for the goods and services produced by American industry and agriculture.
State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman | Harry S. TrumanThis is shocking evidence that large sections of the population are at substandard levels of health.
State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman | Harry S. TrumanAmericans do not regard jobs that pay substandard wages as productive jobs.
State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt | Franklin D. Roosevelt
British Dictionary definitions for substandard
/ (sʌbˈstændəd) /
below an established or required standard
another word for nonstandard
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