Synonyms for substandard
sʌbˈstæn dərd

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1. deficient, inferior, substandard(adj)

   falling short of some prescribed norm

   "substandard housing"

   Synonyms:
   insufficient, subscript, lacking(p), deficient, wanting(p), inferior

   Antonyms:
   standard

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1. List of paraphrases for "substandard":

   sub-standard, unhealthy, unsanitary, non-regulatory, low-grade, under-sized, inferior, precarious, undersized

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How to use substandard in a sentence?

1. Robert Citino:

   The units they could bring up were Volksgrenadier made up of substandard manpower combed out of the rear areas, hospitals and administrative posts, if you are moving ahead with substandard infantry you cant get real far. Even with better weapons [it] isnt going to help enough. It isnt a winning combination.

2. Von Spakovsky:

   They are using federal housing money intended to improve the bad housing of poor Americans as the lever to force compliance with these new regulations, but that money is most needed in blighted, inner city urban neighborhoods, where there are a large number of African Americans. This federal utopian vision will divert that needed federal money into suburbs where it is not needed, leaving poor Americans living in substandard, terrible housing.

3. Ron Johnson:

   There is no excuse for retaliation against VA whistle-blowers like Dr. Klein. The president’s recent executive order makes that abundantly clear. The VA should fully comply with the committee’s request and stop the retaliation against Dr. Klein, who was only trying to expose substandard patient care.

4. Paul Offit:

   What I do is basically say, 'When you love your child, you bring your child to us to care for your child. By saying you don't want to get vaccines, you are asking me to practice substandard care,'.

5. Sean Turner:

   But I don't think it was ever lost for a reason, I think he just didn't have the means with which to produce it. There doesn't seem to be any evidence to suggest that he thought it was substandard in any way.

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