inferior
Lower in rank, status, or qualityLower in rank, status, or quality.
» This overcoat is inferior to mine in quality.
Dieser Mantel ist im Vergleich zu meinem minderwertiger.
Meaning
11 sensesLower in rank, status, or quality.
Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
The pathological liar was morally inferior to his much nicer constituents.
of low or inferior quality
Lower in rank, status, or quality.
Of low rank, standard or quality.
an inferior officer
Due to the internet issue, the system generates an inferior audio file.
of or characteristic of low rank or importance
(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.
Located below:
Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad.
Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.
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).
On the side of a flower which is next to the bract.
Printed in subscript.
an inferior figure or letter
Below the horizon.
the inferior part of a meridian
Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
the inferior or interior planets
an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus
having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
Examples
53 sentencesThis overcoat is inferior to mine in quality.
deDieser Mantel ist im Vergleich zu meinem minderwertiger.
There is no reason for you to feel inferior to anyone.
ruНет причины чувствовать себя ниже других.
This butter is domestic, but it is in no way inferior to foreign butter.
Tom is not inferior to others.
Тому нічого не бракує.
My grades were inferior to hers.
deMeine Noten waren schlechter als ihre.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“belBorrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“below, underneath”).
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Forms
more inferior, most inferior| Comparative | more inferior Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most inferior Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
124 synonyms- falling short of some prescribed norm:deficientsubstandard
- written or printed below and to one side of another character:subscript
Antonyms
14 antonymsWord family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form