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inferior

adjective

of or characteristic of low rank or importance
Antonyms: superior Similar: humble, low, lowly, modest, small, indifferent, less, lower, low-level, middle-level, outclassed
of low or inferior quality
Antonyms: superior Similar: bad, base, bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny, bush-league, bush, cardboard, flimsy, cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry, coarse, common, coarsened, commercial, deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched, less, low-grade, mediocre, poor, second-rate, ropey, ropy, scrawny, scrubby, stunted, second-class, utility, utility-grade, third-rate
inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
Synonyms: junior-grade, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate Similar: junior
written or printed below and to one side of another character
Synonyms: subscript Antonyms: superscript, superior, adscript
having an orbit between the sun and the Earth''s orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
Antonyms: superior
lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery"
Similar: bottom
falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
Synonyms: deficient, substandard Similar: nonstandard

noun

one of lesser rank or station or quality
Antonyms: superior, higher-up, superordinate
a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
Synonyms: subscript Antonyms: superscript, superior