| low-rent(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| low-set(collateral, subalternate) |
| lower rung(expression, collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| mean(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| mediocre(lower, substandard) |
| middling(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| minor-league(collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| not high(expression, collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| not lineal(expression, collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| not up to snuff(expression, idiom, lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| on the QT(expression, idiom, sub-rosa, groundward) |
| ordinary(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| paltry(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| pared down(expression, collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| poor(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| poorer(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| rock-bottom(collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| second-class(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| second-rate(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| second class(expression, collateral, subalternate, low-set) |