inferior
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
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- 8
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Definition of inferior
13 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Lower in rank, status, or quality.
“Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.”
“The pathological liar was morally inferior to his much nicer constituents.”
“Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.”
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adj
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Lower in rank, status, or quality.
“Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.”
“The pathological liar was morally inferior to his much nicer constituents.”
“Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.”
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Lower in rank, status, or quality.
“an inferior officer”
“Due to the internet issue, the system generates an inferior audio file.”
“She detests visiting inferior places.”
- Lower in rank, status, or quality.
- Lower in rank, status, or quality.
- Located below:
- Located below:
- Located below:
- Located below:
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Located below:
“an inferior figure or letter”
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Located below:
“the inferior part of a meridian”
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Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
“the inferior or interior planets”
“an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus”
noun
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A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another.
“,”
“As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want.”
- An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“below, underneath”).
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