up to snuff

Adjective

Meaning

(slang) Adequate; of acceptable quality; satisfying an appropriate standard.

(chiefly Britain, dated, slang) Mentally alert, shrewd, savvy.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

satisfactory competent cut the mustard up to par up to scratch

Antonyms

dicky

Examples

Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff. Alvin Ailey

The No Child Left Behind Program was an incentive to the schools to get their kids up to snuff on math and science and reading. Sandra Day O'Connor

And so I felt that it was a confirmation that what I gave to the editors and the directors was up to snuff." Source: Internet

Mel has potential but is not up to snuff quite yet. Source: Internet

We do notice moments when the fight choreography isn't quite up to snuff, or perhaps the stunt coordinators started scraping the bottom of the barrel for another idea. Source: Internet

As you’ve probably noticed, the words “saleing” and “sale-ing” above were enclosed in quotes, indicating that the writers didn’t consider the usage quite up to snuff. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

up to our necks up to par up to scratch up to something up to speed up to speed on