Difference between Substandard and Deficient

SUBSTANDARD vs DEFICIENT: ADJECTIVE

Falling short of some prescribed norm
Failing to meet a standard; below standard.
Of, relating to, or indicating a pattern of linguistic usage that does not conform to that of the prestige group in a speech community or to that of the standard language.
Not in accord with notions of good English; nonstandard.
Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
Used of merchandise

Falling short of some prescribed norm
Inadequate in amount or degree
Lacking an essential quality or element.
Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient.
Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking
See under Abundant.
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement

Not having a full or adequate supply: as, the country is deficient in the means of carrying on war.
Defective; imperfect; inadequate: as, deficient strength.
Lacking; wanting; incomplete.

Mediocre, Unsuitable, Defective, Unsatisfactory, Unhygienic, Insanitary, Poor, Inadequate, Unsafe, Unsanitary, Shoddy, Nonstandard, Irregular, Deficient, Inferior

Nonstandard, Short, Light, Lean, Scant, Low, Scarce, Skimpy, Depleted, Inferior, Poor, Substandard, Insufficient, Lacking, Inadequate

Mediocre, Unsuitable, Defective, Unsatisfactory, Unhygienic, Insanitary, Poor, Inadequate, Unsafe, Unsanitary, Shoddy, Nonstandard, Irregular, Deficient, Inferior

Nonstandard, Short, Light, Lean, Scant, Low, Scarce, Skimpy, Depleted, Inferior, Poor, Substandard, Insufficient, Lacking, Inadequate

Living night and dayin substandard conditions is demoralizing.
UD action by proving specified substandard inhabitability conditions.
Financing the Improvements of Substandard or Unsafe Sidewalks.
"They have been providing substandard service for years.".
Slum areas are characterized by substandard housing structures.
Plaintiffs have to prove that the actions amounted to substandard care and that they were directly harmed as a result of that substandard care.
Substandard: Loans classified Substandard are inadequately protected by current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged.
Improve salvageable, substandard housing, and demolish or retire vacant, substandard dwellings and mobile homes that cannot be cost effectively repaired.
To support their families, they worked for substandard wages in substandard and, in many cases, inhumane working conditions.
Professor Evans also doubts the desirability of substandard providers continuing to offer substandard degrees.

Toryanskis did not provide deficient performance in mitigation.
Do not use respirators in oxygen deficient environments.
It means we are deficient in bicarbonate and the more deficient we get in bicarbonate, the more acidic we become and acid burns.
Some governments are deficient in both these qualities; most governments are deficient in the first.
Some governments are deficient in both these qualities: Most governments are deficient in the first.
Individuals applying for WIOA enrollment using the basic skills deficient priority of service must provide documentation to verify they are basic skills deficient.
Grantee shall purchase Deficient Quantities from Grantor by paying Grantor the Deficient Quantity Charge.
Critically deficient: Performance that is critically deficient and in need ofimmediate remedial attention.
Deficient precipitation parameterization: Do not assimilate observations where the model is deficient.
The divisors of a pefect or deficient number is deficient.