substandard
/səbsˈtændəd/suhb-STAN-durd
/səbsˈtændɚd/suhb-STAN-durd
Meaningbelow the standard
Common meaning: below the usual or required quality
- subunder; from below
- standto stand, be upright or stillLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1762 · scan
- ardnoun ending: someone marked by a habit
‘under’ + ‘to stand, be upright or still’ → substandard
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin stō ‘to stand, be upright or still’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry stō, p. 1762 · dictionary scan
Roots
- stō, stetī, statum Latin “to stand, be upright or still”
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