Definition of inferior - WordReference.com Dictionary

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inferior
A	noun
	1	subscript, inferior
			a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚symbol ╚written symbol; printed symbol ╚character; grapheme; graphic symbol ╚subscript, inferior
	2	inferior
			one of lesser rank or station or quality
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚follower ╚inferior
B	adjective
	1	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"

	2	deficient, inferior, substandard
			falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"

	3	inferior
			of or characteristic of low rank or importance

	4	inferior
			of low or inferior quality

	5	inferior
			having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"

	6	subscript, inferior
			written or printed below and to one side of another character

	7	inferior
			lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery"

Inferior / Less
Inclination inferior
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