Sentence examples for considered substandard from inspiring English sources

Over 85percentt of black Detroiters had to pay exorbitant rents for housing stock that was considered substandard by all housing code standards.

Cox Green, Furze Platt, Altwood; back in the early 1970s, these schools were considered substandard and rough and unambitious for their pupils.

For years, parents in these sections of the District assumed they could raise their children in their beloved neighborhoods but not have to rely on their local schools, most of which they considered substandard.

The track's turf course was considered substandard, some areas of the facility needed a face-lift, and a track that traditionally runs only during the summer needed a lot of work to prepare for the possibility of a chilly autumn day.

1. a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard 2. a characteristic language of a particular group The word patois has appeared in 29 New York Times articles in the past year, including on Oct. 11 in "Americans Are Barmy Over Britishisms" by Alex Williams: Some phrases that were rarely heard 5 or 10 years ago suddenly seem ubiquitous.

In the model, a house that has insecure property rights is represented by a q lower than q s, where q s is the housing services threshold below which a dwelling is considered substandard.

What she will call out is work she considers substandard.

I lend money to secure, good-quality companies, but I make real money on out-of-favor companies that some consider substandard.

But today Coach Al Groh, while praising an offensive line for pass protection that has allowed only nine sacks this season, tweaked them for what he considers substandard run blocking.

People can't improve if they don't know what you consider substandard performance and you can't reasonably expect them to read your mind.

There's continued increase of manufacturing capacity, and you have tens of millions of people moving each year from what most would consider substandard housing to what most would consider modern housing.