All substandard synonyms
sub·stand·ard
S s adjective substandard
- amateur — An amateur is someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job.
- amateurish — If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.
- defective — If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
- lemon — the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
- niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- wanting — lacking or absent: a motor with some of the parts wanting.
- junk — narcotics, especially heroin.
- cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- forceless — Without force.
- junky — of the nature of junk; trashy.
- junker — any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags.
- off — so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
adj substandard
- bottom out — If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.
- cut rate — a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- low rent — Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
- low-quality — substandard; of inferior quality: It’s hard to make a delicious dish when you start with low-quality ingredients. Repairs made with low-quality parts are cheaper, but they won’t last long.
- low-rent — Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
- in-correct — not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
- inferior — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- cruddy — dirty or unpleasant
- low — to utter by or as by lowing.
- bad — If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- below par — If you say that someone or something is below par or under par, you are disappointed in them because they are below the standard you expected.
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- grody — repulsive; disgusting; nauseating.