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substandard definition

sub·stand·ard (sub stan′dərd)

adjective

below standard; specif.,
  1. below a standard established as by law
  2. Linguis. nonstandard: a usually pejorative designation for forms of a language that differ from the standard dialect, and a term not widely used by linguists

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