Why would a major football school fire a successful coach following a single subpar season? Jerry Kirshenbaum
Because of phylloxera, vineyards have been inconsistent and yielding subpar grapes. James Laube
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golf: having a score lower than par
His 19 birdies and two eagles gave him more subpar holes than anyone … David Barrett
… Augusta National never played easier. … Saturday's 30 subpar rounds broke a third-round tournament record … John Garrity
Did you know?
Since sub- means "below", almost anything that fails to measure up to a traditional standard may be called subpar. So you may hear of subpar ratings for a TV show, subpar care at a nursing home, subpar attendance at a concert, or subpar work by a contractor. If you played a subpar round of golf, though, you needed more strokes than you should have.