Found 3 items, similar to Inferior.
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inferior
inferior
adj 1: of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant:
superior]
2: of low or inferior quality [ant:
superior]
3: inferior in rank or status;
“the junior faculty”;
“a lowly
corporal”;
“petty officialdom”;
“a subordinate
functionary” [syn:
junior-grade,
lower,
lower-ranking,
lowly,
petty(a),
secondary,
subaltern,
subordinate]
4: written or printed below and to one side of another
character [syn:
subscript] [ant:
adscript,
superscript]
5: having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit;
“Mercury and Venus are inferior planets” [ant:
superior]
6: lower than a given reference point;
“inferior alveolar
artery”
7: falling short of some prescribed norm;
“substandard housing”
[syn:
deficient,
substandard]
inferior
n 1: one of lesser rank or station or quality [ant:
superior]
2: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or
slightly below and to the side of another character [syn:
subscript] [ant:
superscript]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inferior
Inferior
\In*fe"ri*or\, n.
A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than
another.
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A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than
by disdaining him. --South.
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Inferior
\In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is
below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F.
inf['e]rieur. See
Under.]
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1. Lower in place, rank, value, excellence, etc.; less
important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
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A thousand inferior and particular propositions.
--I. Watts.
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The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior
nature. --Burke.
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Whether they are equal or inferior to my other
poems, an author is the most improper judge.
--Dryden.
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2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
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3. (Astron.)
(a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or
interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury
or Venus.
(b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a
meridian.
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4. (Bot.)
(a) 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.
(b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract;
anterior.
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5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior
officer.
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Inferior court (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction
of another court known as the
superior court, or
higher court
.
Inferior letter,
Inferior figure (Print.), a small letter
or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to
superior letter or figure), as in A2, Bn, 2 and n are
inferior characters.
Inferior tide, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit
of the meridian, when below the horizon.
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