subtherapeutic
adjective
sub·ther·a·peu·tic
ˌsəb-ˌther-ə-ˈpyü-tik 
variants
or sub-therapeutic
: less than therapeutic : having, using, or being a dose that is below what is used for treating disease or producing an optimal therapeutic effect
… with a fixed dose of 95 mg/kg/day, initial levels during the febrile phase were subtherapeutic (<20 mg/dL)…—
Gideon Koren et al.
Gideon Koren et al.Farm animals are the target of nearly half the antibiotics produced in the United States, mostly in the form of low or subtherapeutic doses aimed at preventing disease or promoting growth.—Karen Wright
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subtherapeutic
adjective
sub·ther·a·peu·tic
-ˌther-ə-ˈpyüt-ik
: not producing a therapeutic effect
subtherapeutic doses of penicillin
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