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adjective
1.
lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
2.
lower in place or position; closer to the bottom or base: descending into the inferior regions of the earth.
3.
of comparatively low grade; poor in quality; substandard: an inferior product.
4.
less important, valuable, or worthy: B+ bonds are inferior to AAA bonds.
5.
EXPANDacting or performing in a way that is comparatively poor or mediocre: an inferior observer of human nature.
6.
Botany.
a.
situated below some other organ.
b.
(of a calyx) inserted below the ovary.
c.
(of an ovary) having a superior calyx.
7.
Anatomy. (of an organ or part)
a.
lower in place or position; situated beneath another.
b.
toward the feet. Compare superior (def. 9).
8.
Astronomy. lying below the horizon: the inferior part of a meridian.
9.
COLLAPSEnoun
10.
a person inferior to another or others, as in rank or merit.
11.
Also called subscript. Printing. a letter, number, or symbol written or printed low on a line of text. Compare superior (def. 12).
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Inferiors
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin, equivalent to infer(us) lower (compare under) + -ior comparative suffix
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin, equivalent to infer(us) lower (compare under) + -ior comparative suffix
Related forms
in·fe·ri·or·ly, adverb
qua·si-in·fe·ri·or, adjective
sub·in·fe·ri·or, adjective
Synonyms
3. mediocre, low-quality, second-rate.
3. mediocre, low-quality, second-rate.
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Word Origin & History
inferior
early 15c., from L. inferior "lower," comp. form of inferus (adj.) "that is below or beneath," from infra "below." Noun meaning "a person inferior to another in rank, etc.," is from c.1500. Inferiority complex first attested 1922.
EXPAND"The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority." [John C. Calhoun]
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inferior in·fe·ri·or (ĭn-fēr'ē-ər)
adj.
Low or lower in order, degree, or rank.
Low or lower in quality, value, or estimation.
Second-rate; poor.
Situated below or directed downward.
In human anatomy, situated nearer the soles in relation to a reference point.
in·fe'ri·or'i·ty (-ôr'ĭ-tē) n.
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