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"sense": "of inferior quality",
"word": "некачествен"
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"sense": "of inferior quality",
"word": "под стандарта"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of inferior quality",
"word": "ala-arvoinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of inferior quality",
"word": "minderwertig"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "of inferior quality",
"word": "fochaighdeánach"
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"sense": "of inferior quality",
"word": "dårlig"
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"sense": "of inferior quality",
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"word": "ræva"
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"sense": "of inferior quality",
"word": "substandardowy"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of inferior quality",
"word": "podrzędny"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of inferior quality",
"word": "pośledni"
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"roman": "nekačestvennyj",
"sense": "of inferior quality",
"word": "некачественный"
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"sense": "of inferior quality",
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