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inferior
Anoun
subscript, inferior
 a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
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inferior
 one of lesser rank or station or quality
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Badjective
junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern, subordinate
 inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
deficient, inferior, substandard
 falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
inferior
 of or characteristic of low rank or importance
inferior
 of low or inferior quality
inferior
 having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
subscript, inferior
 written or printed below and to one side of another character
inferior
 lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery"

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