substandard

Example Sentences

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McCullum, director of cricket Rob Key and Test captain Ben Stokes are to remain in their posts despite the 4-1 Test defeat in Australia, a tour blighted by poor planning, substandard performances and off-field issues.

From BBC

The label moved to Los Angeles, allegedly to be closer to the film industry but also to evade worker discontent with “substandard royalty rates.”

From The Wall Street Journal

For decades, agricultural laborers had lived in substandard housing and were paid terrible wages.

From Los Angeles Times

Workers lived in substandard housing and were paid terrible wages, according to a Times obituary.

From Los Angeles Times

As a result of the alleged substandard embalming, family members say they were forced to witness the “grotesque and undignified condition of their loved one’s remains” and suffered humiliation, grief and horror.

From Los Angeles Times