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The phrase "is subpar" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to describe something as not meeting the standard you expect. For example, "The quality of the pizza is subpar compared to what I usually get from the restaurant."
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is subpar
adjective
Of less than a traditional or accepted standard
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Mike Piazza is subpar at catcher.
Google executives have said that its product pipeline is subpar.
Detroit's front five is subpar, again like Indianapolis.
He is subpar on defense, lacking discernible range.
If the play-by-play announcer is subpar, the production need not be.
That such a large share of the developing world's drug supply is subpar should come as no surprise.
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A lot of the dancing was subpar, however.
But they agreed that their training facility was subpar.
Only the raw kibbeh, overly chilled and gritty, was subpar.
Employees lacked professional credentials, he said; equipment and materials were subpar.
The graphics, while bloody, are subpar compared with those of console games.
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