substandard

See also: sub-standard

English

substandard (comparative more substandard, superlative most substandard)

Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
They built this with substandard parts. No wonder it collapsed.
- 2021 January 13, “Network News: NR fined after teenage trespasser suffers electrocution injuries”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 17:
  [...] the fence provided by NR was substandard and poorly maintained, such that unauthorised access to the railway was straightforward.
(linguistics, dated) Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.

of inferior quality

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