SUBSTANDARD


Meaning of SUBSTANDARD in English

adjective

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

substandard accommodation

substandard medical care

More money should be spent on the improvement of substandard housing.

Most household goods sold here are substandard , but food is plentiful and cheap.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He also targeted the childcare industry, promising to step up inspection of the 40 percent of local facilities he called substandard .

He estimated that half had been receiving substandard care.

He says they're substandard and unfit to be lived in.

Literally hundreds of thousands of children are taught in substandard buildings.

Many of the tenants lived in substandard adobe apartments, some with backyard outhouses.

The inspectors said that when pupils did reach the expectations of their teachers, they were often still substandard .

The number of homes sold to median-to-high income earners rose while neighbourhood representatives expressed concern over the concentration of substandard property.

There were two options if these tests showed that the concrete was substandard .

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