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Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements. / (linguistics, dated) Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.

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substandard

Source Word

substandard

IPA(Pronunciation)

dated

Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements. / (linguistics, dated) Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.

Japanese Meaning

品質が劣っている、基準に満たない / 言語学では、標準的な形に従わない、非標準的な

The contractor was fined for using substandard materials in the renovation.

その業者は改装で基準以下の材料を使用したため罰金を科された。

Sense（1）

Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.

They built this with substandard parts. No wonder it collapsed.

Sense（2）

(linguistics, dated) Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.

more substandard

（ comparative ）

most substandard

（ superlative ）