Dictionary definition · inferior
noun
- one of lesser rank or station or quality
- a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
adjective
- of or characteristic of low rank or importance
- of low or inferior quality
- written or printed below and to one side of another character
- having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit"Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
- lower than a given reference point"inferior alveolar artery"
- falling short of some prescribed norm"substandard housing"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).