inferior

in·fe·ri·or  (n-fîr-r)

adj.

1. Low or lower in order, degree, or rank: Captain is an inferior rank to major.

2.

a. Low or lower in quality, value, or estimation: inferior craft; felt inferior to his older sibling.

b. Second-rate; poor: an inferior translation.

3. Situated under or beneath.

4. Botany Located below the perianth and other floral parts. Used of an ovary.

5. Anatomy Located beneath or directed downward.

6. Printing Set below the normal line of type; subscript.

7. Astronomy

a. Orbiting between Earth and the sun: Mercury is an inferior planet.

b. Lying below the horizon.

n.

1. A person lower in rank, status, or accomplishment than another.

2. Printing An inferior character, such as the number 2 in CO₂.

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[Middle English, from Latin nferior, comparative of nferus, low; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]

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in·feri·ori·ty (-ôr-t, -r-) n.

in·feri·or·ly adv.

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inferior [ɪnˈfɪərɪə]

adj

1. lower in value or quality

2. lower in rank, position, or status; subordinate

3. not of the best; mediocre; commonplace

4. lower in position; situated beneath

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of a plant ovary) enclosed by and fused with the receptacle so that it is situated below the other floral parts

6. (Astronomy) Astronomy

a.  orbiting or occurring between the sun and the earth an inferior planet inferior conjunction

b.  lying below the horizon

7. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing (of a character) printed at the foot of an ordinary character, as the 2 in H₂O

n

1. an inferior person

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing an inferior character

[from Latin: lower, from inferus low]

inferiority  [ɪnˌfɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ] n

inferiorly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	inferior - one of lesser rank or station or quality follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another higher-up, superior, superordinate - one of greater rank or station or quality
	2.	inferior - a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character subscript grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
Adj.	1.	inferior - of or characteristic of low rank or importance subordinate, low-level - lower in rank or importance low - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow" low - less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low" superior - of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior ruler"
	2.	inferior - of low or inferior quality worst - (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year" superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
	3.	inferior - written or printed below and to one side of another character subscript printing process, printing - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
	4.	inferior - having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole superior - having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"
	5.	inferior - lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery" anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals bottom - situated at the bottom or lowest position; "the bottom drawer"
	6.	inferior - falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" substandard, deficient nonstandard - varying from or not adhering to a standard; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board"

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inferior

adjective

1. lower, junior, minor, secondary, subsidiary, lesser, humble, subordinate, lowly, less important, menial the inferior status of women in many societies
lower higher, senior, superior, greater, top

2. substandard, bad, poor, mean, worse, poorer, pants (informal), flawed, rotten, dire, indifferent, duff (Brit. informal), mediocre, second-class, deficient, imperfect, second-rate, shoddy, low-grade, unsound, downmarket, low-rent (informal, chiefly U.S.), for the birds (informal), wretched, two-bit (U.S. & Canad. slang), crappy (slang), no great shakes (informal), poxy (slang), dime-a-dozen (informal), piss-poor (slang), chickenshit (U.S. slang), bush-league (Austral. & N.Z. informal), not much cop (Brit. slang), tinhorn (U.S. slang), half-pie (N.Z. informal), of a sort or of sorts, strictly for the birds (informal) The cassettes were of inferior quality.
substandard fine, excellent, first-class

noun

underling, junior, subordinate, lesser, menial, minion It was a gentleman's duty to be civil, even to his inferiors.

Quotations
"No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent" [Eleanor Roosevelt]

Translations

inferior [ɪnˈfɪərɪəʳ]

A. ADJ

1. (in quality, rank) [person, status, position] → inferior; [product, work, service] → de calidad inferior
to feel inferior → sentirse inferior
of inferior quality → de calidad inferior
to be inferior to sth/sb → ser inferior a algo/algn

2. (Anat, Bot) (= lower) → inferior

B. N

1. (= inferior person) → inferior mf

2. (= person lower in rank) → inferior mf, subalterno/a m/f

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inferior [ɪnˈfɪəriə^r]

adj

[person, quality, status] → inférieur(e)
to feel inferior → se sentir inférieur(e)
to make sb feel inferior → donner à qn un sentiment d'infériorité
to feel inferior to sb → se sentir inférieur(e) à qn
to be inferior to → être inférieur(e) à

[goods] → de qualité inférieure

n

(= person of lesser worth) → inférieur(e) m/f
to consider sb an inferior → considérer qn comme inférieur(e)

(in rank) → subalterne mf

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inferior

adj

(in quality) → minderwertig; person → unterlegen; (in rank) → untergeordnet, niedriger; quality → geringer, minderwertig; (Jur) court → untergeordnet; an inferior workman → ein weniger guter Handwerker; to be inferior to something (in quality) → von minderer or geringerer Qualität sein als etw, gegen etw abfallen or nicht ankommen; to be inferior to somebody → jdm unterlegen sein; (in rank) → jdm untergeordnet or nachgestellt sein; he feels inferior → er kommt sich (dat) → unterlegen or minderwertig vor

(Typ) inferior letter → tiefstehender Buchstabe

(Biol) order, species → niedriger

n one’s inferiors (in social standing) → Leute or Personen pl → aus einer niedrigeren Schicht; (in rank) → seine Untergebenen pl

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inferior [ɪnˈfɪərɪəʳ]

1. adj (in quality, rank) inferior (to) → inferiore (a); (work, goods) → scadente
to feel inferior → sentirsi inferiore

2. n → inferiore m/f; (in rank) → subalterno/a

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inferior [ɪnˈfɪərɪəʳ]

1. adj (in quality, rank) inferior (to) → inferiore (a); (work, goods) → scadente
to feel inferior → sentirsi inferiore

2. n → inferiore m/f; (in rank) → subalterno/a

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inferior

adj inferior [inˈfiəriə]

(sometimes withto)

1 of poor, or poorer, quality etc This carpet is inferior to that. minderwaardig رَديء، أدنى درجَةً с лошо качество horší, podřadnější dårligere (end) minderwertig κατώτερος, κατώτερης ποιότητας inferior, peor (millestki, kellestki) halvem نامرغوب؛ بنجل huonompi inférieur à נָחוּת घटिया donji, niži rosszabb minőségű rendah lægri; lélegur; lélegri inferiore 劣る 저급한 blogesnis sliktāks; mazvērtīgāks bermutu rendah minderwaardig dårlig(ere) gorszy inferior inferior худший (по качеству) podradnejší slabši inferioran sämre, underlägsen ต่ำกว่ามาตรฐาน nitelikçe/değerce daha düşük 次等的 нижчої якості; гірший کمتر kém hơn 劣等的

2 lower in rank Is a colonel inferior to a brigadier? ondergeskik دون، أدْنى нисш podřízený underordnet niedriger, unterlegen υφιστάμενος, κατώτερος στην ιεραρχία inferior (kellelegi) alluv زیردست alempiarvoinen subalterne זוּטָר छोटा podređen alsóbbrendű lebih rendah lægra settur inferiore 下位の 하위의 žemesnis padots; pakļauts rendah ondergeschikt underordnet niższy inferior subaltern, inferior низший (по званию) podriadený podrejen inferioran lägre i rang, underordnad ด้อยกว่า aşağı, alt 低階的 нижчий; підлеглий نچلے درجے کا thấp hơn về địa vị 下级的

n inˌferiˈority [-ˈo-]

minderwaardigheid, ongeskiktheid دونيَّه، حِطَّه، دُنو المنزلَه малоценност podřízenost; podřadnost mindreværd die Minderwertigkeit κατωτερότητα inferioridad alamus پستی؛ دون پایگی alempiarvoisuus infériorité נְחִיתוּת घटियापन, अपकर्ष podređenost alsóbbrendűség lægri staða, minni gæði; vanmáttur inferiorità 劣等 열등 blogesnė kokybė, žemesnė padėtis, nepilnavertiškumas mazvērtīgums; padotība; pakļautība rendah diri minderwaardigheid, ondergeschiktheid mindreverd(ighet) niższość inferioridade inferioritate более низкое качество, звание podriadenosť; podradnosť podrejenost inferiornost underlägsenhet, lägre samhällställning (värde) ความด้อย aşağılık; düşüklük 次等 нижчий ступінь; неповноцінність کمتری sự thua kém 下等

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inferior → أَدنى درجة, مرؤوس podřadný, podřízený mindreværdig, underordnet Untergebener, untergeordnet υποδεέστερος, υφιστάμενος inferior alempiarvoinen henkilö, huonompi inférieur inferioran, podređeni inferiore 劣った, 目下の者 손아랫사람, 하위의 inferieur, ondergeschikte underlegen, underordnet niższy, podwładny inferior низший, подчиненный underlägsen, underordnad ด้อยกว่า, ผู้ด้อยกว่า aşağı, ast thua kém, thuộc cấp 下等的, 下级