inferior
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
inferior
- of lower quality
- Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
- Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.
- of lower rank
- an inferior officer
- located below
- (typography) Printed in subscript.
- an inferior figure or letter
- (typography) Printed in subscript.
- (botany) Situated 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.
- (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
- (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
- the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus
- (astronomy) Below the horizon.
- the inferior part of a meridian
- See also Thesaurus:bad
- French: inférieur
- German: untergeordnet, nachgeordnet, unterlegen
- Italian: inferiore, di basso rango
- Russian: нижестоя́щий
- Spanish: inferior
inferior (plural inferiors)
- a person of lower stature to another
- As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want.
- Antonyms: superior
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