substandardsub‧stan‧dard /ˌsʌbˈstændəd◂ $ -ərd◂/ adjective 
Examples
substandard housing
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- substandard accommodation
- substandard medical care
- More money should be spent on the improvement of substandard housing.
- Most household goods sold here are substandard, but food is plentiful and cheap.
- He also targeted the childcare industry, promising to step up inspection of the 40 percent of local facilities he called substandard.
- He estimated that half had been receiving substandard care.
- He says they're substandard and unfit to be lived in.
- Literally hundreds of thousands of children are taught in substandard buildings.
- Many of the tenants lived in substandard adobe apartments, some with backyard outhouses.
- The inspectors said that when pupils did reach the expectations of their teachers, they were often still substandard.
- The number of homes sold to median-to-high income earners rose while neighbourhood representatives expressed concern over the concentration of substandard property.
- There were two options if these tests showed that the concrete was substandard.
Longman Language Activatornot good enough► not be good enough
Word family · I'm afraid I can't translate this letter. My Italian isn't good enough.not be good enough for · The soil here isn't good enough for arable farming.· I paid $40 for that champagne, but it wasn't good enough for your snobbish friends.not be good enough to do something · a good club player, but not good enough to play for his country
► unsatisfactory formal not good enough and likely to cause problems or make people unhappy: · People should not accept unsatisfactory products. They should complain.· It was a most unsatisfactory meeting - not a single decision was made.· Sharing my office with the two secretaries proved an unsatisfactory arrangement.
► inadequate not good enough for a particular purpose or for what someone needs: · The disease spread quickly because of poor living conditions and inadequate health care.hopelessly/woefully inadequate (=extremely inadequate): · My light clothing was hopelessly inadequate for the cold Japanese winter.· The training that nurses get is woefully inadequate.
► not be up to scratch/not come up to scratch if someone's performance, work, or products are not up to scratch , they are not of the standard that is necessary or expected: · I wonder if Sykes is ill. His work hasn't been up to scratch lately.· Schools are being threatened with closure if exam results are not up to scratch.· If they don't come up to scratch, you can do them all again.
► substandard generally considered to be below the necessary standard: · More money should be spent on the improvement of substandard housing.· Most household goods sold here are substandard, but food is plentiful and cheap.· substandard accommodation
► not come up to/not live up to to not achieve the level or quality that someone expects: · The film didn't live up to our expectations. It was too long and the acting was appalling.· Mark found that he simply could not live up to his teachers' high standards.· So far, she has not lived up to the tremendous promise she displayed earlier.
► won't do British spoken use this about something that is not good enough for a particular purpose: · I need strong nylon thread. Cotton won't do.· I can't accept this quality of work. It just won't do.· Handwritten notes won't do for our purposes. You'll have to type them.
► not cut it American spoken to not have the ability, strength etc to succeed in a particular job or activity: · Most of the kids who start here are young and haven't worked before. Some just can't cut it.
WORD FAMILYnounstandardstandardizationadjectivestardardsubstandardverbstandardize
not as good as the average, and not acceptable → non-standard, standard: substandard housing