Found 3 items, similar to Inferior.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: inferior bangpak, rendah mutunya
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. [1913 Webster] A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than by disdaining him. --South. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. Lower in place, rank, value, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath. [1913 Webster] A thousand inferior and particular propositions. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior nature. --Burke. [1913 Webster] Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]