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Substandard vs Suboptimal - What's the difference?

substandard | suboptimal |

As adjectives the difference between substandard and suboptimal

is that substandard is of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements while suboptimal is less than optimal.

substandard

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
    • They built this with substandard parts. No wonder it collapsed.

    suboptimal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Less than optimal.
    • A quickly-produced suboptimal solution to a problem is often more useful than an optimal one that takes a long time to produce.