How to Use substandard in a Sentence

substandard

adjective

• Some of the soil was substandard and had to be replaced.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2024
• The division is up for grabs, with the Bucs leading the way with a substandard 5-6 record.
  — Catena Media, al, 5 Dec. 2022
• But what does the substandard showing outside of league play track with?
  — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2022
• Vanquishing the virus won't solve the tragedy of substandard elder care.
  — Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020
• Club members removed all of the rubber mulch from the area and helped replace substandard boards as well.
  — Amanda McElfresh, NOLA.com, 22 Nov. 2020
• The Russians have flooded the market with crab that's substandard.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2020
• These days, many winemakers rush to can their products and put out a substandard package that hurts them in the long run.
  — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• Louis Perez was, to put it kindly, a substandard Marine.
  — CBS News, 5 June 2018
• Four out of 5 compact pickup trucks in the study earned substandard ratings.
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 28 June 2023
• The Cougars were capable of beating substandard foes, and rising up here and there.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Oct. 2020
• What often gets lost in the Packers’ epic collapse was Rodgers’ substandard play throughout the game.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• First, the lack of time to knock on the doors of households that haven't responded to the questionnaire will result in substandard data.
  — Mike Schneider, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
• Vargas fears her teeth might fall out due to substandard dental care.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
• That could remain the case behind a substandard SEC offensive line, but in this matchup, the group should excel.
  — Christopher Smith, al, 31 Aug. 2019
• Much has been made of Duke’s substandard defense this season.
  — Michael Beller, SI.com, 22 Jan. 2018
• Meanwhile, no one has been held accountable for the fire itself, sparked by substandard wiring behind the walls of this rental home.
  — George Stanley, Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2023
• O’Connell might have given him opportunities to play in a loss to the Rams and in substandard performances against the Colts and Jaguars.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
• Kashkooli said not only would farm wages drop, but the amount of substandard housing for guest workers would increase.
  — Fox News, 17 Sep. 2019
• The vast majority did not respond but two did say the shipments were substandard and the gloves weren't even nitrile.
  — Scott McLean, CNN, 24 Oct. 2021
• The statement didn’t do much to quell the notion that Simmons’s off-season work ethic is substandard.
  — New York Times, 30 June 2021
• The Soviet cities were rundown and dreary, the food was tasteless, the hotels were substandard.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• Some people will take your money and give you substandard work — or worse yet, never give you anything back at all.
  — Pia Silva, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• His distribution in the final third has often been substandard, and the winger has only found the net once this season.
  — SI.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• Lisbon More than a few of the coaches at this World Cup have to deal with small talent pools and substandard facilities back home.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 19 June 2018
• In a cute reversal, Penn directs and plays a substandard dad in a movie that gives his daughter her biggest acting role to date.
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 18 Aug. 2021
• That can only happen when a defense comes out flat and tackling is substandard.
  — Hal Habib, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2021
• Nine of the 43 audited inspections were found to be substandard.
  — Ellen Gabler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2021
• That can leave poorer households with substandard service – or none at all.
  — Mike Rogoway, oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2020
• But by the early 2000s, substandard food and stale concepts slowed their momentum.
  — Adam Reiner, Bon Appétit, 2 Aug. 2023
• The area had since declined, dotted with vacant lots and abandoned and substandard housing when Brooks approached the city with plans to build 44 new homes within a four-square-block radius.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025