Definition of Subaverage

1. Adjective. Below average. ¹

2. Noun. (statistics) A subordinate or local average. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subaverage

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subaverage

subatom
subatomic
subatomic particle
subatomic particles
subatomically
subatoms
subattribute
subattributes
subaudi
subaudible
subaudio
subaudite
subaudition
subauditions
subaural
subaverage (current term)
subaverages
subaxial
subaxillary
subbag
subbags
subband
subbands
subbasal
subbase
subbases
subbasin
subbasins

Literary usage of Subaverage

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

1. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: State of the Science, Best Practicesby Peter S. Jensen, James R. Cooper by Peter S. Jensen, James R. Cooper (2002)
"Methylphenidate and thioridazine in intellectually subaverage children. Effects on cognitive-motor performance. Journal of the American Academy of Child and ..."

2. Task Force on Education for Children With Disabilities, Year Ii, Minnesota by Elizabeth Carlson, Jo Gascoigne, Dixie Jordan (1994)
"B. Significantly subaverage intellectual functioning as indicated by an intelligence quotient below 70 plus or minus 1 Standard Error of Measurement (using ..."

3. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"... 1977: Mental retardation refers to significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior, ..."

4. The Wayward Welfare State by Roger A. Freeman (1981)
"This is part of a policy that insists on giving, at taxpayers' expense, average housing standards to families which are subaverage in terms of their ..."

5. Educational Sociology by David Snedden (1922)
"... and the subaverage in intelligence. Some will eventually go through college, some will leave to go to work just after their fourteenth birthday. ..."

6. Government War Contracts by John Franklin Crowell (1920)
"... is for the public welfare, had gravitated in some of its more vital relations with business into the hands of subaverage grades of business standing. ..."

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