substandard
Example Sentences
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The label moved to Los Angeles, allegedly to be closer to the film industry but also to evade worker discontent with “substandard royalty rates.”
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
Far too many children are still assigned to substandard schools, and too many remain unable to read or do math at grade level.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
