SUBSTANDARD


Meaning of SUBSTANDARD in English

/sub stan"deuhrd/ , adj.

1. below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions.

2. noting or pertaining to a dialect or variety of a language or a feature of usage that is often considered by others to mark its user as uneducated; nonstandard.

3. Insurance.

a. not measuring up to an insurer's regular standards in undertaking risks: a substandard risk.

b. pertaining to insurance written to cover substandard risks.

[ 1895-1900; SUB- + STANDARD ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .