Dictionary entry
Substandard
Pronunciation: /sʌbˈstandəd/
Pronunciation
/sʌbˈstandəd/
Myanmar Meaning
ပုံမှန်အရည်အသွေးအရွယ်အစားထက် လျော့နည်းသော။
Definition
substandard /sʌb'stændǝd/ adj စံခ်ိန္စံၫႊန္းမမီေသာ။ အဆင့္ မမီေသာ။ substandard goods.
Examples
- ‘The committee was also required to evaluate the extent and problem of spurious and substandard drugs in the country.’
- ‘In the country's capital city
- Santo Domingo
- much of the housing is substandard and the quality of the water is poor.’
- ‘Families live in housing that is considered substandard by Western or Kenyan standards.’
- ‘The evidence at trial did not indicate to me that defective or substandard materials were used in the construction of this house.’
- ‘Unemployment markedly increased
- as did poverty
- substandard housing
- and cutbacks in basic governmental services.’
- ‘The bill came to €106.90 between three
- which was pretty expensive for the substandard food and shoddy service.’
- ‘I had to sign a form saying that I realised my performance was substandard and that the consequences of continued poor work had been explained to me.’
- ‘Parts of our communities have substandard housing.’
- ‘Living conditions
- such as substandard housing
- have a major impact on health.’
- ‘He said the step was long overdue as the flats were in a poor condition because of the substandard material used by the engineers of the department.’
- ‘However
- the platform does not even hint that inadequate funding or substandard facilities are major factors in the crisis in education.’
- ‘They'd been living like that for over six months
- most of their money going on substandard accommodation due to a lack of affordable housing.’
- ‘You are well aware that math and science education at the secondary and elementary level is substandard in comparison to most of the rest of the developed world.’
- ‘It is meant to discover which areas have substandard housing and need federal help.’
- ‘Thousands of people live in poorly maintained public housing or equally substandard private rental accommodation.’
- ‘Jobs are scarce
- housing is substandard but costly
- and difficulties speaking English keep them in this cycle.’
- ‘The vast majority of the affected in San Salvador are poor inhabitants of apartment buildings and substandard housing.’
- ‘Despite working two or more jobs
- many families still must pay out more than half their income for housing
- or live in substandard conditions.’
- ‘The bureau required the manufacture and sales of substandard toys to be stopped immediately.’
- ‘If someone lives in substandard housing and a crisis occurs
- most likely the person will eventually lose their home and end up on the street.’