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inferior Adjective 1. lower in quality, quantity, or usefulness 2. lower in rank, position, or status 3. of poor quality 4. lower in position 5. Printing (of a character) printed at the foot of an ordinary character Noun a person inferior to another, esp. in rank [Latin: lower] inferiority n
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inferior adjective 1. lower, junior, minor, secondary, subsidiary, lesser, humble, subordinate, lowly, less important, menial << OPPOSITE superior adjective 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) 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) bodger or bodgie Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE excellent Translations inferior [ɪnˈfɪərɪəʳ] adj → inférieur(e); [goods] → de qualité inférieure n → inférieur(e); (in rank) → subalterne m/f; to feel inferior → avoir un sentiment d'infériorité inferior [ɪnˈfɪərɪəʳ] adj (in rank) → untergeordnet, niedriger; (in quality) → minderwertig; (in quantity, number) → geringer n → Untergebene(r) f(m); to feel inferior (to sb) → sich (jdm) unterlegen fühlen inferior [ɪnˈfɪərɪəʳ] adj → inferiore; [goods] → di qualità scadente n → inferiore m/f; (in rank) → subalterno/a; 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 huono, huonompi inférieur à נָחוּת घटिया donji, niži rosszabb minőségű rendah lægri; lélegur; lélegri inferiore 劣る (품질이) 떨어지는, 열등한 blogesnis sliktāks; mazvērtīgāks bermutu rendah minderwaardig dårlig(ere) gorszy inferior inferior худший (по качеству) podradnejší slabši inferioran sämre, underlägsen ต่ำกว่ามาตรฐาน nitelikçe/değerce daha düşük 劣等的 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 下級的 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 alemmuus infériorité נְחִיתוּת घटियापन, अपकर्ष podređenost alsóbbrendűség lægri staða, minni gæði; vanmáttur inferiorità 劣等 떨어짐 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 下等 нижчий ступінь; неповноцінність کمتری sự thua kém 下等 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Those of England are known to be no wise inferior to their Greek or Roman predecessors. It matters little if those who are inferior to us in merit should be like us in outside appearances. If equally matched, we can offer battle; if slightly inferior in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him. |
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