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substandard

adj
/ˌsʌbˈstændɚd/US/ˌsʌbˈstændəd/UK

Etymology

From sub- + standard.

  1. inherited from standar
  2. derived from *oʀd✻ — “point, spot, place”
  3. derived from *standahard✻
  4. derived from estandart — “gathering place, battle flag”
  5. inherited from standard
  6. prefixed as substandard — “sub + standard”

Definitions

  1. Of inferior quality

    Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.

    • They built this with substandard parts. No wonder it collapsed.
    • [...] the fence provided by NR was substandard and poorly maintained, such that unauthorised access to the railway was straightforward.

  2. Not conforming to the standard variety

    Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at substandard. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at substandard. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at substandard

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA