About The Word Inferior
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Inferior Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Inferior?
[n] a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
[n] one of lesser rank or station or quality [adj] inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" [adj] falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" [adj] of or characteristic of low rank or importance [adj] of low or inferior quality [adj] (astronomy) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [adj] (printing) written or printed below and to one side of another character [adj] (anatomy) lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery" Synonyms | Synonyms for Inferior: bad | base | bottom(a) | bum | cardboard | cheap | cheapjack | cheesy | chintzy | coarse | coarsened | commercial | common | crummy | deficient | deplorable | execrable | flimsy | humble | indifferent | junior | junior-grade | less | low | lower | lower-ranking | low-grade | low-level | lowly | mediocre | middle-level | miserable | modest | nonstandard | outclassed | petty(a) | poor | punk | ropey | ropy | scrawny | scrubby | secondary | second-class | second-rate | shoddy | sleazy | small | stunted | subaltern | subordinate | subscript | subscript | substandard | tawdry | third-rate | tinny | utility(a) | utility-grade | woeful | wretched Related Terms | Find terms related to Inferior: adherent | assistant | attendant | auxiliary | average | back-burner | bad | base | black | bootlicker | cheap | cheesy | client | coarse | cog | common | commonality | commonalty | crappy | creature | criminal | crummy | declasse | defective | deficient | demeaning | dependent | deputy | dinky | disadvantaged | disciple | dispensable | doormat | down | earlier | employee | evil | fair | feudal | feudatory | flunky | follower | fourth-class | gimcrack | good-for-nothing | hack | hanger-on | heeler | helper | henchman | hireling | hoi polloi | homager | humble | ill | immaterial | imperfect | improper | in the shade | inaccurate | inadequate | inappreciable | inauspicious | incapable | incapable of | incompetent | inconsequential | inconsiderable | indifferent | ineffective | inefficient | inept | inessential | inexpedient | infra dig | insignificant | insufficient | invalid | irregular | irrelevant | junior | junky | lackey | lacking | less | lesser | lickspittle | liege | liege man | lightweight | little | lousy | low | low-class | lower | lower class | lower orders | lowest | low-grade | lowly | low-priority | low-quality | low-test | malevolent | marginal | masses | mean | mediocre | menial | Mickey Mouse | middling | minion | minor | minus | minute | modest | myrmidon | negligible | nether | no great shakes | no-account | no-good | nonessential | not vital | of no account | of no consequence | of no matter | of no significance | ordinary | paltry | pawn | peccant | peon | petit | poor | poor relation | punk | retainer | right-hand man | satellite | satrap | scrub | second fiddle | second rank | second string | secondary | second-best | second-class | second-rate | seedy | serf | servant | servile | shabby | shoddy | short | short of | sinful | sinister | slave | sleazy | small | sorry | stooge | sub | subaltern | subjacent | subject | subordinate | subservient | substandard | sycophant | tacky | tawdry | technical | third rank | third string | third stringer | third-class | third-rate | tinny | tributary | unable | unable to | under | underling | underprivileged | understrapper | unendowed | unessential | unfavorable | unfit | unfitted | ungifted | unhealthy | unimportant | unimpressive | unkind | unnoteworthy | unpleasant | unqualified | unreached | unskillful | untalented | untoward | unworthy | valueless | vassal | vicious | vulgar | wanting | wicked | worthless | wretched | wrong | yeoman | yes-man See Also | character | follower | grapheme | graphic symbol | worst Inferior In Webster's Dictionary \In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is
below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F.
inf['e]rieur. See {Under}.]
1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or
valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
A thousand inferior and particular propositions.
--I. Watts.
The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior
nature. --Burke.
Whether they are equal or inferior to my other
poems, an author is the most improper judge.
--Dryden.
2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
3. (Astron.)
(a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or
interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury
or Venus.
(b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a
meridian.
4. (Bot.)
(a) 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.
(b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract;
anterior.
5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior
officer.
{Inferior court} (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction
of another court known as the superior, or higher, court.
{Inferior letter}, {Inferior figure} (Print.), a small letter
or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to
{superior letter} or figure), as in A_{2}, B_{n}, 2 and n
are inferior characters.
{Inferior tide}, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit
of the meridian, when below the horizon.
\In*fe"ri*or\, n. A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another. A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than by disdaining him. --South. |
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