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sub•stand•ard
Pronunciation: (sub-stan'durd), [key]—
adj.
1. below standard or less than adequate:
substandard housing conditions.
2. noting or pertaining to a dialect or variety of a language or a feature of usage that is often considered by others to mark its user as uneducated; nonstandard.
3. Insurance.
a. not measuring up to an insurer's regular standards in undertaking risks:
a substandard risk.
b. pertaining to insurance written to cover substandard risks.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.