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Definition of Inferior

1. Adjective. Of or characteristic of low rank or importance.

2. Noun. One of lesser rank or station or quality.

3. Adjective. Of low or inferior quality.

4. Noun. A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character.

5. Adjective. Written or printed below and to one side of another character.

6. Adjective. Having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit. "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"

7. Adjective. Lower than a given reference point. "Inferior alveolar artery"

8. Adjective. Falling short of some prescribed norm. "Substandard housing"

Definition of Inferior

1. a. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

2. n. A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.

Definition of Inferior

1. Adjective. of lower quality ¹

2. Adjective. of lower rank ¹

3. Adjective. located below ¹

4. Adjective. In botany, inside the flower stalk below the petals. Said of an ovary. ¹

5. Noun. a person of lower stature to another ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inferior

1. one of lesser rank [n -S]

Medical Definition of Inferior

1. Of an ovary, at least partly below the level of attachment of the other floral parts. Compare: superior. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inferior

inferable inferably infere inference inference rule inference rules inferences inferencing inferential inferential statistics

inferentialism inferentialist inferentialists inferentially inferiae inferior (current term) inferior aberrant ductule inferior accessory fissure inferior alveolar artery inferior alveolar nerve

inferior anastomotic vein inferior angle of scapula inferior articular facet of atlas inferior articular pit of atlas inferior articular surface of tibia inferior basal vein inferior belly of omohyoid muscle inferior border inferior border of liver inferior border of lung

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