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below par

below par prepositional phrase: not up to the average or normal standard.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Not up to the average or normal standard.
    • Steve Gerrard, unusually, had a below-par night, too, even if it was a lovely delivery to set up Welbeck to make it 2-2 with a glancing header.2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, “Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2022
  2. Less than par for the hole or course (which in golf, means better than par).
  3. Having a price below its face value.

below par meaning in Tamil and Kannada

below par in Tamil

சமமான மதிப்பிற்கும் கீழான

below par in Kannada

ಮುಖಬೆಲೆಗಿಂತ ಕಡಮೆ ಬೆಲೆಗೆ

Synonyms of below par

Questions about below par

What does below par mean?
Below par means not up to the average or normal standard.
What is below par in Tamil?
Below par in Tamil is சமமான மதிப்பிற்கும் கீழான. See Below par meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is below par?
Below par is a prepositional phrase.

Words near below par in the dictionary

  1. belovèds
  2. below
  3. below average
  4. below decks
  5. below ground
  6. below par
  7. below stairs
  8. below the belt
  9. below the breadline
  10. below the fold
  11. below the gangway

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Adapted from Wiktionary: below par (page history and authors); below par (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); below par (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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