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inferior

/ɪnˈfɪəɹɪə/

noun

Meaning

  • A person of lower stature to another

    "As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want."

adjective

Meaning

  • Of lower quality

    "Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades."

  • Of lower rank

    "an inferior officer"

  • Located below

  • 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.

  • On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.

  • Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.

    "the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus"

  • Below the horizon.

    "the inferior part of a meridian"