Synonyms for sub-standard
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
They built this with substandard parts. No wonder it collapsed.
- adj. 2
Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.
Related words
- Other spellings
- substandard
Example sentences
- deficient English is a very deficient language in this area.
- shoddy I've never seen this shoddy of an excuse in my life.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, mid1
- 4 letters
- poor1
- 5 letters
- lousy2, ropey
- 6 letters
- shoddy2
- 7 letters
- scrubby2
- 8 letters
- inferior4
- 9 letters
- irregular4, deficient3
- 10 letters
- unstandard
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lousy2 = 2 syllables).