substandard
UK/ˌsʌbˈstændəd//ˌsʌbˈstændɚd/
substandard adjective: of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
Adjective
substandard (comparative more substandard, superlative most substandard)
- Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
- They built this with substandard parts. No wonder it collapsed.
- 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.1982 December 4, Catherine Joseph, “Empowered into Enlightenment”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 14
- Synonyms:
- mid, second-rate, shoddy, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum
- Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.
- Synonyms:
- irregular, unstandard
substandard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
substandard in Hindi
- of inferior quality
- अमानक amānak, अमानकीय amānkīya, अधोमानक adhomānak
substandard in Tamil
- தரக்குறைவான, சாரமற்ற, உப்புச் சப்பில்லாத, தரம் தாழ்ந்த, கீழ்த்தரமான, உபநியமம்
substandard in Urdu
- معیار سے کم
substandard in Bengali
- নিম্নমানের, আদর্শহীন
More languagesFewer languages
- substandard in Malayalam
- ഗുണനിലവാരം കുറഞ്ഞ, മോശപ്പെട്ട, ഗുണം കുറഞ്ഞ, കച്ചട
- substandard in Kannada
- ಕೆಳಮಟ್ಟದ, ಕೀಳುಮಟ್ಟದ, ಕೆಳದರ್ಜೆಯ
Synonyms of substandard
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Forms of substandard
| comparative | more substandard |
|---|---|
| superlative | most substandard |
Origin of substandard
From sub- + standard.
Words formed from substandard
Questions about substandard
- What does substandard mean?
- Substandard means of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
- What is substandard in Hindi?
- Substandard in Hindi is अमानक (amānak), अमानकीय (amānkīya), अधोमानक (adhomānak). See Substandard meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is substandard?
- Substandard is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce substandard?
- Substandard is pronounced /ˌsʌbˈstændɚd/ (US).
Words near substandard in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: substandard (page history and authors); substandard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); substandard (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); substandard (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); substandard (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); substandard (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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