Phrases Handling Complaints and Apologies

This is clearly not up to standard.

C1

Meaning

This is not meeting the required level of quality.

Example sentences

John: I'm not happy with this report.

Alice: I agree. This is clearly not up to standard. There are too many errors.

John: We need to revise it before submission.

Alice: Absolutely. We can't submit this; this is clearly not up to standard.