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comparative more inferior, superlative most inferior
Lower in rank, status, or quality. quotations
Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.
1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]
Of low rank, standard or quality. examples
(law) (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court. examples
(economics) Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes. examples
Located below:
(anatomy) Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad. examples
(zoology) Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.
(botany) 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). examples
(botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract. examples
(typography) Printed in subscript. examples
(astronomy) Below the horizon. examples
(astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is. examples
plural inferiors
A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another. examples
(printing) An inferior letter, figure, or symbol. examples