below standard

Example Sentences

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But Dallas general manager Nico Harrison deemed his cardiovascular fitness below standard and sent him packing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Itoje said he had experienced occasions "below standard" in his career.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023

Empty seats can deliver an especially hard punch to carriers that charge below standard fare.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022

But relative to revenues and profits generated by a team, it falls below standard.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2022

When these sixth-grade students reached seventh grade, they averaged 5.5—more than two grade levels below standard and even worse than they did in sixth grade.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt