Inferiority
[ɪn,fɪərɪ'ɒrɪtɪ] or [ɪn,fɪrɪ'ɔrəti]
Definition
(noun.) an inferior quality.
(noun.) the quality of being a competitive disadvantage.
(noun.) the state of being inferior.
Checker: Marie--From WordNet
Definition
(-) The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth.
Typist: Ronald
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Lower state or condition.[2]. Subordination.[3]. Mediocrity, poor quality.
Typed by Levi
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Subordination, minority, poverty, mediocrity, subjection, servitude,depression
ANT:Superiority, majority, excellence, eminence, independence, mastery, exaltation,elevation
Checker: Thomas
Examples
- And where did you ever see a stupid, prosing poet, who did feel his own inferiority? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He really believed, that were it not for the inferiority of her connections, he should be in some danger. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It renders their superiority greater, or their inferiority less, than it otherwise would be. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your connections? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- How can Emma imagine she has any thing to learn herself, while Harriet is presenting such a delightful inferiority? Jane Austen. Emma.
- Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The ancient world, because of its metallurgical inferiority, could not use steam. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That conduct alone sinks him in a gulf of immeasurable inferiority. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- While you speak, there can be no oblivion of inferiority--no encouragement to delusion: pain, privation, penury stamp your language. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His face was covered with inarticulate anger and humiliation and sense of inferiority in strength. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But this inferiority of quality is, perhaps, rather the effect of this lowness of price, than the cause of it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Nor can the measure of his inferiority be told, except in a figure. Plato. The Republic.
- Her inferiority, whether of mind or situation, seemed little felt. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But even in the case of an inferiority, we still desire a greater distance, in order to augment, still more the idea of ourself. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- She did unfeignedly and unequivocally regret the inferiority of her own playing and singing. Jane Austen. Emma.
Checker: Millicent