inferior

comparative more inferior · superlative most inferior · alternative inferiour

1. Lower in rank, status, or quality.

   Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.

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   The pathological liar was morally inferior to his much nicer constituents.

   Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.

   1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

   Antonyms: crowning, ferior, foremost, greater, higher, major, paramount, preeminent

   1. Of low rank, standard or quality.

      an inferior officer

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      Due to the internet issue, the system generates an inferior audio file.

      She detests visiting inferior places.

      Synonyms: awful, horrible, low-grade, low-rent, abysmal, atrocious, awful, bad · Antonyms: crowning, ferior, foremost, greater, higher, major, paramount, preeminent

   2. law(of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.

      Antonyms: crowning, ferior, foremost, greater, higher, major, paramount, preeminent

   3. economicsDenoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.

      Antonyms: crowning, ferior, foremost, greater, higher, major, paramount, preeminent

2. Located below:
   1. anatomySituated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad.
   2. biologySituated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.
   3. biologySituated below some other organ (said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx).
   4. biologyOn the side of a flower which is next to the bract.

      Synonyms: anterior

   5. mediaPrinted in subscript.

      an inferior figure or letter

   6. astronomyBelow the horizon.

      the inferior part of a meridian

3. astronomyNearer to the Sun than the Earth is.

   the inferior or interior planets

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   an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus

plural inferiors · alternative inferiour

1. A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another.

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   As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want.

   Synonyms: underling, subordinate · Antonyms: superior

2. mediaAn inferior letter, figure, or symbol.

1. abbreviationellipsishuman sciencesEllipsis of Lake Inferior