not up to snuff



not up to snuff

Not as good as what was expected, required, or demanded; not satisfactory or adequate. Jim, I know you've been going through a tough time since your wife passed, but these reports just aren't up to snuff. I used to eat there all the time, but to be honest, their food hasn't been up to snuff recently.
See also: not, snuff, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vann[væn]
Mildburg-Anglo-Saxon
Karlmann-German (Archaic)
NortonNAWR-tənEnglish
Stearns[stɜ:nz]
AnkaAHN-kah (Polish)Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian