substandard

See also: sub-standard

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ standard

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌbˈstændɚd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌbˈstændəd/

Adjective

substandard (comparative more substandard, superlative most substandard)

1. Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.

   They built this with substandard parts. No wonder it collapsed.

   • 1982 December 4, Catherine Joseph, “Empowered into Enlightenment”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 14:

     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 for substandard wages.

   • 2021 January 13, “Network News: NR fined after teenage trespasser suffers electrocution injuries”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 17:

     [...] the fence provided by NR was substandard and poorly maintained, such that unauthorised access to the railway was straightforward.

2. (linguistics, dated) Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.

Translations

of inferior quality

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: некачествен (bg) (nekačestven), под стандарта (pod standarta)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ala-arvoinen (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: minderwertig (de)
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: fochaighdeánach
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dårlig (no), ræva (no) (informal)

• Polish: substandardowy, podrzędny (pl), pośledni (pl)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: некачественный (ru) (nekačestvennyj)
• Swedish: undermålig (sv)