Inferior Definition

ĭn-fîrē-ər
inferiors
adjective
Lower in space; placed lower down.
Webster's New World
Low or lower in order, status, rank, etc.; subordinate.
Webster's New World
Lower in quality or value than.
Webster's New World
Poor in quality; below average.
Webster's New World
Situated under or beneath.
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noun
inferiors
An inferior person or thing.
Webster's New World
A person lower in rank, status, or accomplishment than another.
American Heritage
An inferior character, such as the number 2 in CO2.
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Other Word Forms of Inferior

Noun

Singular:
inferior
Plural:
inferiors

Origin of Inferior

  • Middle English from Latin īnferior comparative of īnferus low n̥dher- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower, inferior”), the comparative of īnferus (“low, nether, underground”).

    From Wiktionary

Inferior Sentence Examples

  • It has inferior guarantees, as compared with our knowledge of the mechanism of nature.

  • The halakhah was by no means inferior in prestige to the written Law.

  • These, however, are of very inferior nature.

  • Still, the Design argument is a good sample of a proof by means of the inferior method.

  • Artificial surrogates for human companionship are always vastly inferior to the real thing; we crave connections with people, not machines.

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Words Starting With

IININF

Words Ending With

RORIOR

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