What does Inferior mean?
Definitions for Inferior
ɪnˈfɪər i ərin·fe·ri·or
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Princeton's WordNet
inferiornoun
one of lesser rank or station or quality
subscript, inferioradjective
a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
inferioradjective
of or characteristic of low rank or importance
inferioradjective
of low or inferior quality
subscript, inferioradjective
written or printed below and to one side of another character
inferioradjective
having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
"Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
inferioradjective
lower than a given reference point
"inferior alveolar artery"
deficient, inferior, substandardadjective
falling short of some prescribed norm
"substandard housing"
Wiktionary
inferiornoun
a person of lower stature to another
As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want.
inferioradjective
of lower quality
Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
inferioradjective
of lower rank
inferioradjective
located below
inferioradjective
In botany, inside the flower stalk below the petals. Said of an ovary.
Etymology: Borrowed from inferior, the comparative of inferus.
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inferior
Inferior refers to something of lower quality, status, or value compared to another. It can be used to describe persons, objects, or circumstances that are considered less than or subordinate to something else.
Webster Dictionary
Inferioradjective
lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath
Inferioradjective
poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods
Inferioradjective
nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus
Inferioradjective
below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian
Inferioradjective
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
Inferioradjective
on the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior
Inferioradjective
junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer
Inferiornoun
a person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another
Etymology: [L., compar. of inferus that is below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F. infrieur. See Under.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Inferior
in-fē′ri-ur, adj. lower in any respect: subordinate: secondary.—n. one lower in rank or station: one younger than another.—n. Inferior′ity, the state of being inferior: a lower position in any respect.—adv. Infē′riorly, in an inferior manner. [L. inferior, comp. of inferus, low.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
inferior
In a military sense means simply junior in rank, having a lower rank.
Entomology
Inferior
beneath, below or behind: a term of position.
Anagrams for Inferior »
fire iron
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Inferior in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Inferior in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Inferior in a Sentence
When you've sat on that throne of power for hundreds of years and you see your throne legs being whittled down and now you're being lowered down to the level of the people that you consider inferior, it's really troubling and that's why you find a lot of these groups stepping up their recruitment efforts, and what they do is they use a legitimate topic in order to lure people in, the top of it being illegal immigration. That's the browning of America.
Having the numbers without the right quality is not the best strategy in cattle management as large numbers of inferior cattle will not give them the best returns.
It is only the inferior thinker who hastens to explain the singular and the complex by the primitive shortcut of supernaturalism.
Seldom have I found in the ritual music of the Catholic church a quality so convincing that there is no need to mourn the past. Without going into a complicated maze of aesthetics, we can define quality as a certain something which is not inferior to what the external world offers, such as to render every Christian proud of his own music.
I shall have no faith in Rama and Krishna who are believed to be incarnation of God nor shall I worship them. I thereby reject my old religion, Hinduism, which is detrimental to the prosperity of human kind and which discriminates between man and man and which treats me as inferior.
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- وArabic
- podřízený, podřadný, méněcennýCzech
- minderwertigGerman
- κατώτεροςGreek
- inferiorSpanish
- alempiarvoinen, alempiFinnish
- inférieurFrench
- subordinado, inferiorGalician
- ստորինArmenian
- inferiorIndonesian
- di basso rango, inferioreItalian
- נָחוּתHebrew
- 下っ端, 下等, 劣る, 目下, 低い, 賎, 賎しいJapanese
- 열등한Korean
- inferieurDutch
- inferiorPortuguese
- inferiorRomanian
- нижестоящий, нижний, худший, младший, низший, подчинённыйRussian
- undermålig, underordnadSwedish
- aşağı derecede olanTurkish
- کمترUrdu
- dizotrin, dizotrinneWalloon
- 下Chinese
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