below par

Idioms and Phrases

Also, under par . Not up to the average, normal, or desired standard. For example, I am feeling below par today, but I'm sure I'll recover by tomorrow . This term employs par in the sense of “an average amount or quality,” a usage dating from the late 1700s.

Example Sentences

Phil Salt made a careful and uncharacteristic 74 and Mousley hit his first ODI fifty but their total of 263-8 proved well below par as Keacy Carty and Brandon King stroked centuries for the hosts.

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Their total of 119 felt fractionally below par as Mostary and opener Shathi Rani, who made 29, relied on running well between the wickets rather than flurries of boundaries as Scotland's bowlers were impressively disciplined.

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England have been below par in this match, not least on a second day when Sri Lanka moved to 211-5, 114 behind on first innings.

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However, even if the weather appeared to be below par where you are, away from the very wet western Scotland, it was a pretty typical British summer.

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Then there was the incident with painter Big Boy Ndlovu, whose work on Locke's apartment block was deemed below par.

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