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Meaning of 'inferior' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inferior [ a.]
- Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
- Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
- Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
- Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
- 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 the bract; anterior.
- Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
2 . Inferior [ n.]
- A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.

Meaning of 'inferior' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inferior [ a]
Meaning (1):
- having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
Example in sentence:
  • Mercury and Venus are inferior planets
2 . inferior [ s]
Meaning (2):
- lower than a given reference point
Example in sentence:
  • inferior alveolar artery
Meaning (3):
- falling short of some prescribed norm
Example in sentence:
  • substandard housing

Nearby Words:

infabricated infallibilist infallibility infallible infallibleness infallibly infame infamies infamize infamized

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