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inferior

Syllabification: (in·fe·ri·or)

Definition of inferior

1lower in rank, status, or quality:schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country
of low standard or quality:inferior goods
Law (of a court or tribunal) able to have its decisions overturned by a higher court.
Economics denoting goods or services that are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, e.g., secondhand clothes.

2chiefly Anatomy low or lower in position:ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of the duodenum
(of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed below the line.
Botany (of the ovary of a flower) situated below the sepals and enclosed in the receptacle.

1a person lower than another in rank, status, or ability:her social and intellectual inferiors

Derivatives

late Middle English (sense 2 of the adjective): from Latin, comparative of inferus 'low'

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