low standard

collocation in English

meaningsoflowandstandard

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low
adjective
uk
/ləʊ/us
/loʊ/
not measuring much from the base to ...
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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition oflowandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflow standard

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Thelowstandarddeviations of importance weights (using the interval ranking procedure) provided some support for this assumption.
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Its development was largely unplanned and its main services, such as drainage, roads and police, were of alowstandard.
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Similarly, standard of living is coded in such a way that a high numerical value indicates alowstandard.
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They were only allowed to live in a verylowstandardone-room squatter house.
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This ratio hadlowstandarderrors among individuals within a strain or genotype, and so gives a reliable indication of the predominant female hydrocarbons.
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Do we ever speak or write of alowstandardof dreadfulness?
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The results showed that there werelowstandarddeviations, and that join-count statistics could be used to estimate dispersal based solely on standing spatial distributions in actual populations.
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At the same time there were comments that pension allocations reflected perceptions of elders as ' undeserving ' and unquestionably able to adjust to alowstandardof living.
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The results indicate generallylowstandarddeviations.
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This is due to seasonal droughts which drive nomadic ranching and is exacerbated by alowstandardof husbandry and a lack of fencing and defined grazing areas.
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If they do not, they feel that thelowstandardwill be totally unacceptable, even on the basis of not having a directive.
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This will effectively prevent the sale oflowstandardtyres for use on cars.
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Their performance is based on thelowstandardmeasurements in the report.
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We have to accustom ourselves not to alowstandardbut to a decent standard of life.
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It is a pernicious system, which leads to alowstandardof craftsmanship.
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It is seen in a dangerouslylowstandardof nutrition.
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Is he further aware that hundreds of headteachers have complained about thelowstandardof cleaning in their schools?
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They are the villains of the piece, supporting private enterprise and setting up alowstandardof housing.
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It can be proved conclusively that alowstandardof health in certain parts of the country can be traced to poverty.
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I find that among the general public there is still widespread fear of the effects oflowstandardincineration.
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