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sub-standard

sub-standard is the alternative spelling of substandard.

Meaning of substandard

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

Forms of sub-standard

comparativemore sub-standard
superlativemost sub-standard

Questions about sub-standard

What is sub-standard the alternative spelling of?
Sub-standard is the alternative spelling of substandard.

Words near sub-standard in the dictionary

  1. sub-sitio
  2. sub-sovereign
  3. sub-sovereigns
  4. sub-specialties
  5. sub-specialty
  6. sub-standard
  7. sub-state
  8. sub-states
  9. sub-station
  10. sub-stations
  11. sub-sub-sub-subbasement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sub-standard (page history and authors); substandard (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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