not up to snuff
Example Sentences
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He has high standards and can be brisk in cutting off lawyers not up to snuff.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
If yours is not up to snuff, try this list of ways to boost your reception when calls and messages don't go through.
From Fox News • Feb. 10, 2022
Certain parts of the electronics were not up to snuff.
From The Verge • Nov. 9, 2021
After a couple of decades in the business, a reporter kind of knows when a story is not up to snuff.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2020
But Ruth May was not up to snuff, so she was being quiet, hanging on to Mother’s hand.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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