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   inferior

   /ɪnˈfɪərɪə/

   adjective

   • 1. lower in rank, status, or quality: "schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country" Similar lower in statuslessersecond-classsecond-fiddleminorsubservientlowlyhumblemenialnot very importantnot so importantbelow someonebeneath someoneunder someone's heellower-rankinglower in ranksubordinatejuniorsecondarysubsidiaryancillaryOpposite superiorsenior
   • ▪ of low standard or quality: "inferior goods" Similar second-ratesubstandardlow-qualitylow-gradedownmarketindifferentmediocreunsatisfactoryshoddyshabbydeficientflawedimperfectunsoundpoorbadawfuldreadfuldisagreeabledeplorablewretchedleaving much to be desiredinformal:grottycrummydirerottenlousythird-rategodawfulnot up to muchnot up to snuffthe pitsduffrubbishropypantsa load of pantspoxyfarkakteOpposite first-ratehigh quality
   • ▪ (of a court or tribunal) susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
   • ▪ denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
   • 2. low or lower in position: "ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of the duodenum"
   • ▪ (of the ovary of a flower) situated below the sepals and enclosed in the receptacle.
   • 3. (of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed below the line.

   noun

   • 1. a person lower than another in rank, status, or ability: "her social and intellectual inferiors"
   • 2. an inferior letter, figure, or symbol.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in inferior (sense 2 of the adjective)): from Latin, comparative of inferus ‘low’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   How to use inferior in a sentence. of little or less importance, value, or merit; of low or lower degree or rank; of poor quality : mediocre… See the full definition

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   Inferior definition: lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to). See examples of INFERIOR used in a sentence.

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   not good or not as good as somebody/something else. of inferior quality; inferior goods; to make somebody feel inferior; inferior to somebody/something Modern music is often considered inferior to that of the past.

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   INFERIORITY definition: 1. the state of not being good, or not as good as someone or something else: 2. the state of not…. Learn more.

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   You might call something inferior if its quality isn't as good as another, comparable thing, like that kite that you can't get to fly no matter how fast you run back and forth while your friend's kite soars overhead.

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    Definition of inferior noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    Define inferior. inferior synonyms, inferior pronunciation, inferior translation, English dictionary definition of inferior. adj. 1. Low or lower in order, degree, or rank: Captain is an inferior rank to major.