Also means
substandard
Usage Note
Scadente derives from scadere (to expire, to fall below standard) and describes something that fails to meet expectations in quality. It agrees only in number (not gender, as it ends in -e): un prodotto scadente, una prestazione scadente, prodotti scadenti. It is stronger than mediocre and implies something actively poor rather than merely average.
Examples
"Il materiale usato è di qualità scadente."
Natural Translation
The material used is of poor quality.
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