Definitions for inferior

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inferior in·fe·ri·or

Spelling: [in-feer-ee-er]

IPA: /ɪnˈfɪər i ər/

Inferior is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in inferior (efiinorr).

Definitions for inferior

noun

1. a person inferior to another or others, as in rank or merit.
2. Also called subscript. Printing. a letter, number, or symbol written or printed low on a line of text. Compare superior (def 12).

adjective

1. lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to):
2. lower in place or position; closer to the bottom or base:
3. of comparatively low grade; poor in quality; substandard:
4. less important, valuable, or worthy:
5. acting or performing in a way that is comparatively poor or mediocre:
6. Botany. situated below some other organ. (of a calyx) inserted below the ovary. (of an ovary) having a superior calyx.
7. Anatomy. lower in place or position; situated beneath another. toward the feet. Compare superior (def 9).
8. Astronomy. lying below the horizon:
9. Printing. written or printed low on a line of text, as the “2” in H 2 O; subscript. Compare superior (def 10).

Origin of inferior

1400-50; late Middle English Latin, equivalent to infer(us) lower (cf. under) + -ior comparative suffix

Examples for inferior

Adderall is an inferior drug, asserts Hart, because of its side effects.

Vanilla Sky is inferior, and so is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

While it came with multiple different preset control styles, it was still an inferior system.

The senator has chosen a new, inferior lawyer to fight the Surveillance State.

English cooking is inferior to French cooking: English organisation is inferior to German organisation.

His friend passes for an inferior officer; upon a footing of freedom with him.

With his inferior he will not be intimate, nor towards him will he be "proudly condescending."

The inferior clergy were by no means so lenient as the Bishop.

The older group smoked more, had more strokes and heart attacks and in all ways was inferior, resulting in a skewing of the data.

Use no flour but the best superfine; if the flour is of inferior.