substandard en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌsʌbˈstændɚd/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˌsʌbˈstændəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *standaną Frankish *standan Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Frankish *hard(ī) Frankish *standahardbor.? Old French estendre? Old French estandartbor. Middle English standard English standard English substandard From sub- + standard.
Meanings
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Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
[...] the fence provided by NR was substandard and poorly maintained, such that unauthorised access to the railway was straightforward.
2021 January 13, “Network News: NR fined after teenage trespasser suffers electrocution injuries”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 17:Nettie describes the takeover of village after village by white men who intend to use the land and people for exploitative purposes without any regard or compensation for the villagers (who once had a strong sense of themselves) and who are then made to work the land for substandard wages.
1982 December 4, Catherine Joseph, “Empowered into Enlightenment”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 14:They built this with substandard parts. No wonder it collapsed.
- (dated) Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more substandard | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most substandard | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
substandardness · substandardly
Synonyms
trashy · pound-shop · garbage · cheesy · god-awful · lousy · rubbish · crapperific · bottom-shelf · one-star · schlocky · below par · low-grade · craptacular · coffee-and · base · ropy · tenth-rate · second-rate · mid · woeful · subpar · naughty · shite · slazy · bum · shitty · slim · shit · slight · drecky · crummy · unstandard · ass · cheap · crappo · low-rent · BTEC · inferior · substandard · mid · tin-pot · shoddy · trash · cruddy · crappy · low · ticky-tacky · crap · third-rate · punk · gash · chintzy · rinky-dink · low-quality · sad · shoddy · craptabulous · bad · poor · flimsy · dogwater · cheap and nasty · pathetic · second-rate · craptastic · wretched · irregular · under par · scrubby · fourth-rate · poor man's · made in China · cheapshit
Translations (18)
de minderwertig (of inferior quality) · bg под стандарта (of inferior quality) · ru некачественный (of inferior quality) · hi अमानक (of inferior quality) · hi अमानकीय (of inferior quality) · nl ondermaats (of inferior quality) · pl podrzędny (of inferior quality) · bg некачествен (of inferior quality) · ga fochaighdeánach (of inferior quality) · pl substandardowy (of inferior quality) · sv undermålig (of inferior quality) · pl pośledni (of inferior quality) · fi ala-arvoinen (of inferior quality) · eo subnorma (of inferior quality) · nb dårlig (of inferior quality) · hi अधोमानक (of inferior quality) · mi pakatiti (of inferior quality) · nb ræva (of inferior quality)