sub-standard
Adjective
Meaning
sub-standard (comparative more sub-standard, superlative most sub-standard)
Alternative spelling of substandard
Synonyms
Examples
I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass.
Do I think the West End relies too heavily on star names? Yes, I do, and it can result in miscasting and sub-standard stuff. Not always, but occasionally.
Defender Jack Bradshaw donned the gloves for the remainder of the game, but Clements was not prepared to use that red card as an excuse for a sub-standard showing.
“It is a cure for the riddled auditing profession with sub-standard works, unaccountable practices and race-to-the-bottom price competitions,” said Abdulmenan Mohammed, an expert with 15 years of auditing experience in England and Ethiopia.
More than 220,000 homes must be constructed to ease current crowding and sub-standard housing issues, and large-scale upgrades in sewer, water, and power infrastructure are badly needed.
Colac Otway Shire councillor Joe McCracken says the State Government must fix the district’s “sub-standard” roads and is urging road users to join a community roads campaign.