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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

artículo defectuoso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: arˈti.ku.lo de.fekˈtwa.so

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Substandard item/ˌsʌbˈstæn.dɚd ˈaɪ.təm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La empresa destruyó todo artículo defectuoso hallado en el lote."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A product, article, or component that fails to meet established quality, safety, or performance specifications.

    "The factory recalled every substandard item found during the final safety inspection."
  2. 2

    An object of inferior grade or poor workmanship that is deemed inadequate for its intended commercial use.

    "Inspectors confiscated the shipment after discovering multiple substandard items mixed in with the premium goods."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound phrase combining the prefix 'sub-' (derived from Latin meaning 'under' or 'below') with the adjective 'standard' (from Old French and Germanic roots denoting a flag or an established measure), coupled with the noun 'item' (from Latin meaning 'likewise' or 'also'). It emerged in modern industrial and commercial terminology during the 20th century to designate manufactured goods failing to meet required quality thresholds.

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