Definition of Subpar

1. Adjective. Being of less than a traditional or accepted standard ¹

2. Adjective. (golf) below par ¹

3. Adjective. (finance) Trading a price below face value. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subpar

1. below par [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subpar

suboscine
suboscines
suboval
subovate
subovated
subovoid
suboxic
suboxide
suboxides
suboxone
subpage
subpages
subpallium
subpanel
subpanels
subpar (current term)
subparagraph
subparagraphs
subparallel
subparameter
subparameters
subparse
subparsec
subparses
subpart
subpartial
subpartition
subpartitioned
subpartitioning
subpartitions

Literary usage of Subpar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Community Flood Mitigation Planning Guide Book by Timothy A. McClain, Gary G. Heinrichs, Daniel E. Hunt (1996)
"In existing developments where existing streets or sewer lines are at elevations which make compliance with subpar. 3. above impractical, the City may ..."

2. Domestic Emergency Assistance ProgramSocial Science (1993)
"(See subpar. (12) below for procedures to request overtime.) (6) Travel is to be reimbursed by the lead agency. Officials preparing travel authorizations ..."

3. Banking and Currency: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency by Frank Arthur Vanderlip (1913)
"subpar. 2. (Effect of confidence elections.) If ninety per centum of the stock of such voters is ... subpar. 1. (When mandamus proceedings may bo invoked. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1883)
"Thorax either with distinct spots or abdomen banded. k.—The sixth vein beyond the junction of the posterior basal cross- vein, extends forwards subpar. ..."

5. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1891)
"Elytra elongate, a little wider at thr liase than I lie prothorax and separately rounded ; sides nearly straight, subpar allei for three-fifths their length ..."

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