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substandard

[suhb-stan-derd]

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adjective

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.��
1. not measuring up to an insurer's regular standards in undertaking risks.
  a substandard risk.
2. pertaining to insurance written to cover substandard risks.

substandard

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adjective

below an established or required standard
another word for nonstandard

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Word History and Origins

Origin of substandard¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; sub- + standard

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But competence is crucial in this dangerous job, and substandard work can mean deadly accidents.

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Not to mention that Solkovits had to deal with cramped hallways and substandard classrooms.

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Complaints about substandard living conditions in social housing in England are more than five times higher than five years ago, according to the housing watchdog.

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Campaigning charity Electrical Safety First said fires caused by substandard e-scooter and e-bike batteries were "tearing through homes" and want stricter rules to be introduced around their sale to reduce the risk.

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Some advocates say it is a grave injustice that growers are building housing for foreign guest workers, while farmworkers who settled in the region years ago often persist in substandard and overcrowded buildings.

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