substandard
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Most recently, a trove of documents published and later removed by ICE show that the agency’s own investigators repeatedly found that people died in U.S. immigration detention centers after receiving substandard medical care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
He characterized wages for braceros as unconscionably low, the food substandard and the housing prison-like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"We are here to ensure food is safe, food is not substandard, it is not misbranded and it is good for consumption."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
"And a lot of this stuff that we've looked at is just very, very substandard."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
If the androids had remained substandard, like the ancient q-40s made by Derain Associates—there would be no problem and no need of my skill.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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