Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A paraprofessional.
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- adjective Not meeting the quality standards expected of a
professional .
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Examples
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The report blasted Sequoia for "decidedly subprofessional architecture and construction" work on the ePollBook software.
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It led to massive problems on Election Day due to "decidedly subprofessional architecture and construction," according to the report from consultants Fred Hessler and Matt Smith at Fujitsu Consulting in Greenwood Village, Colo.
Archive 2006-12-01 Jim Horning 2006
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It led to massive problems on Election Day due to "decidedly subprofessional architecture and construction," according to the report from consultants Fred Hessler and Matt Smith at Fujitsu Consulting in Greenwood Village, Colo.
More on the Denver election problems Jim Horning 2006
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These are flanked on the left by our dressiest and costliest line (going up to $29 and change), the all-polyester Kathie Lee collection, suitable for dates and subprofessional levels of office work.
Nickel and Dimed Ehrenreich, Barbara 2001
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Any person who, upon the effective date of this act, is employed in a position defined as that of pro - fessional librarian or subprofessional librarian in section twenty-four, shall be granted a certificate as a professional or subprofessional librarian, if he makes application within two years after such effective date.
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