inferior

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inferior
n. person who ranks lower than another, subordinate
 
adj. subordinate, of low rank; of lesser importance; near the bottom; poor in quality, substandard; located under or below

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Inferior
Inferior means of lower station, rank, degree, or grade. It may also refer to:

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inferior

Noun
1. one of lesser rank or station or quality
(antonym) superior, higher-up, superordinate
(hypernym) follower
2. a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
(synonym) subscript
(hypernym) character, grapheme, graphic symbol

Adjective
1. of or characteristic of low rank or importance
(antonym) superior
(similar) humble, low, lowly, modest, small
(see-also) low
2. of low or inferior quality
(antonym) superior
(similar) bad
(see-also) worst
(attribute) quality, caliber, calibre
3. inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
(synonym) junior-grade, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern, subordinate
(similar) junior
4. written or printed below and to one side of another character
(synonym) subscript
(classification) printing, printing process
5. having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
(antonym) superior
(classification) astronomy, uranology
6. lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery"
(similar) bottom(a)
(classification) anatomy, general anatomy
7. falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
(synonym) deficient, substandard
(similar) nonstandard


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inferior
prep. below, under
 
pref. under
 
adj. lower; inferior; base; less
 
inferior
nm. inferior, person who ranks lower than another, subordinate

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inferior
n. less, without, lacking
 
adv. below, hereinafter
 
prep. under, below, beneath