A substandard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard.
Residents in general are poor and undereducated, and live in substandard housing.
substandard in British English
(sʌbˈstændəd)
adjective
1.
below an established or required standard
2. another word for nonstandard
substandard in American English
(sʌbˈstændərd)
adjective
below standard
; specif.,
a.
below a standard established as by law
b. Linguistics
nonstandard
a usually pejorative designation for forms of a language that differ from the standarddialect, and a term not widely used by linguists
Examples of 'substandard' in a sentence
substandard
To give one patient extended time only ensures that the next few have a substandard service.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Many of the deaths occurred in areas where there was high unemployment and substandard housing.
Ridgway, Roy Caring for your Unborn Child (1990)
Not that this was a substandard performance.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Many endure substandard nursing care and have no chance to plan where they wish to die.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The government will want it sold to pay for the substandard care it will provide in their stead.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Other consumers complained about substandard service.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Worst feature Landlords and substandard accommodation can be a nightmare.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We are each paying almost 5,000 a year for a house in substandard condition.
The Sun (2009)
He was subbed after another substandard performance and that could be that for theBulgarian.
The Sun (2010)
Most complaints were about defective goods, as well as substandard service and bad selling practices.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Some of those may now be kept open, raising the prospect of substandard care regimes.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Other complaints included substandard services, misleading advertising and incorrect information on the cars before they were bought.
The Sun (2013)
Often their parents are struggling with emotional pains of their own, plus substandard housing or transportation or employment.
Christianity Today (2000)
What share of the 2 billion was spent on upgrading the current substandard accommodation for soldiers and their families?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Last night patient groups said the 14 trusts had been given long enough to correct years of substandard care.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If the system is treating holidays like weekends, then the risk of substandard care is greatly increased across the year.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Those were barren performances but wins; the beauty and challenge of the autumn series of internationals is that substandard performances inevitably result in defeat.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
United, though, have got away with substandard performances too often for comfort.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The move, to be introduced next year, could lead to passengers being given a full or partial reimbursement for substandard conditions.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
As well as this, almost half the properties in the sector are in poor and substandard condition, which people have no other choice than to accept.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Synonyms of 'substandard'
inferior, inadequate, unacceptable, damaged
More Synonyms of substandard
(adjective)
Definition
below an established or required standard
a policy of clearing substandard housing
Synonyms
inferior
These recordings are of inferior quality.
inadequate
She felt quite painfully inadequate in the crisis.
unacceptable
damaged
imperfect
We live in an imperfect world.
second-rate
another second-rate politician
shoddy
I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of imperfect
Definition
having faults or errors
We live in an imperfect world.
Synonyms
flawed,
impaired,
faulty,
broken,
limited,
damaged,
partial,
unfinished,
incomplete,
defective,
patchy,
immature,
deficient,
rudimentary,
sketchy,
undeveloped,
inexact
in the sense of inadequate
Definition
not good enough
She felt quite painfully inadequate in the crisis.
Synonyms
incapable,
incompetent,
ineffective,
weak,
pathetic,
faulty,
unfitted,
unfit,
defective,
unequal,
inept,
deficient,
imperfect,
unqualified,
not up to scratch (informal),
inexpert,
inapt,
found wanting
in the sense of second-rate
Definition
not of the highest quality
another second-rate politician
Synonyms
inferior,
mediocre,
poor,
cheap,
pants (slang),
commonplace,
tacky (informal),
shoddy,
low-grade,
tawdry,
low-quality,
substandard,
low-rent (informal),
(strictly) for the birds (informal),
two-bit (slang),
end-of-the-pier (British, informal),
no great shakes (informal),
cheap and nasty (informal),
rubbishy,
dime-a-dozen (informal),
piss-poor (slang),
bush-league (Australian, New Zealand, informal),
not much cop (British, slang),
tinhorn (US, slang),
half-pie (New Zealand, informal),
bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang)
Nearby words of
substandard
subsist
subsistence
substance
substandard
substantial
substantially
substantiate
Synonyms of 'substandard'
substandard
Explore 'substandard' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of shoddy
Definition
of poor quality
I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service.