substandard: Meaning and Definition of

sub•stand•ard

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. a substandard risk.
1. not measuring up to an insurer's regular standards in undertaking risks:a substandard risk.
2. pertaining to insurance written to cover substandard risks.