Inferior

[ɪn'fɪərɪə] or [ɪn'fɪrɪɚ]

Definition

(noun.) one of lesser rank or station or quality.

(adj.) of or characteristic of low rank or importance .

(adj.) of low or inferior quality .

(adj.) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; 'Mercury and Venus are inferior planets' .

(adj.) lower than a given reference point; 'inferior alveolar artery' .

Typed by Freddie--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

(a.) Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.

(a.) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.

(a.) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.

(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.

(a.) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.

(a.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.

(n.) A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.

Editor: Nicolas

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Lower.[2]. Subordinate, secondary.[3]. Poor, indifferent.

Typist: Vance

Definition

adj. lower in any respect: subordinate: secondary.—n. one lower in rank or station: one younger than another.—n. Inferior′ity the state of being inferior: a lower position in any respect.—adv. Infē′riorly in an inferior manner.

Checked by Bryant

Examples

Editor: Rebekah

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