substandard
/ˌsʌbˈstændɚd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
Example Sentences
- "They built this with substandard parts. No wonder it collapsed."
- "Nettie describes the takeover of village after village by white men who intend to use the land and people for exploitative purposes without any regard or compensation for the villagers (who once had a strong sense of themselves) and who are then made to work the land for substandard wages."
- "[...] the fence provided by NR was substandard and poorly maintained, such that unauthorised access to the railway was straightforward."
Etymology
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌsʌbˈstændɚd/
- British English: /ˌsʌbˈstændəd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more substandard (comparative)
most substandard (superlative)