substandard.
Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
Meaning & usage
Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
They built this with substandard parts. No wonder it collapsed.
Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.
Where this word comes from
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.
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