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substandard

/suhb-stan-derd/US // sʌbˈstæn dərd //UK // (sʌbˈstændəd) //

不合格的,不合格,不达标,不达标的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions.
    • : noting or pertaining to a dialect or variety of a language or a feature of usage that is often considered by others to mark its user as uneducated; nonstandard.
    • : Insurance. not measuring up to an insurer's regular standards in undertaking risks: a substandard risk.pertaining to insurance written to cover substandard risks.

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Examples

  • In South Africa, investigators found in September that 60 percent of “medical grade” face masks provided by companies hired for the task were substandard.

  • He concluded that lab conditions for making the kits were substandard and that contamination was the most likely cause of the many N3 false positives, federal officials told The Post.

  • Prison populations are sicker, on average, than the general population and health care behind bars is notoriously substandard.

  • It has startled Heiden how many received substandard representation.

  • Sinovac was not directly tied to any of China’s substandard vaccines, but the company has been prone to missteps.

  • The consequences of substandard teaching go far beyond whether college or a good job is in reach.

  • This building is at risk of erupting into flames due to substandard electrical wiring, SIGAR found.

  • Milam expresses a similar sentiment, dismissing the misconception that Web productions are substandard to traditional media.

  • Who will make sure that haste to satisfy the displaced does not lead to substandard building?

  • They continue to be bogged down with allegations of substandard mental-health care.

  • Get rid of the substandard wiring, the ancient, lead-leaching plumbing, the cracked tile and water-warped crumbling plaster.

  • Substandard wages provide only a substandard market for the goods and services produced by American industry and agriculture.

  • This is shocking evidence that large sections of the population are at substandard levels of health.

  • Americans do not regard jobs that pay substandard wages as productive jobs.