Synonyms for substandard
sʌbˈstæn dərdsub·stan·dard

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1. deficient, inferior, substandardadjective

   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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1. 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.

2. 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,'.

3. Comptroller Scott Stringer:

   New York City Bike Share's management of Citi Bike left too many New Yorkers in the lurch, while Citi Bike has become part of our urban landscape, auditors found that the bike sharing program's spotty maintenance, poorly-cleaned bikes and substandard docking stations inconvenienced riders and discouraged growth in the system.

4. Ron DeSantis:

   I mean, seriously, we just ran an election. We have this Georgia runoff coming, which is very important for Republicans to win that Georgia runoff. I mean, I know around the country Florida was kind of the biggest bright spot, it was not so bright in many other parts of the country. It was a substandard performance given the dynamics that are at play.

5. Uttam Kumar Bhattarai:

   Replacement means you are taking the substandard food back which could be distributed elsewhere, so this should be destroyed.