Inferior word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "inferior" word
[noun] one of lesser rank or station or quality
[adjective] inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
[adjective] falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
[adjective] of or characteristic of low rank or importance
[adjective] of low or inferior quality
[adjective] (astronomy) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
[adjective] (printing) written or printed below and to one side of another character
[adjective] (anatomy) lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery"
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(a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
(b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian. 4. (Bot.)
(a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
(b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior. 5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer. {Inferior court} (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the superior, or higher, court. {Inferior letter}, {Inferior figure} (Print.), a small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to {superior letter} or figure), as in A_{2}, B_{n}, 2 and n are inferior characters. {Inferior tide}, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon.
\In*fe"ri*or\, n. A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another. A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than by disdaining him. --South.
Synonyms for inferior
bad, base, bottom(a), bum, cardboard, cheap, cheapjack, cheesy, chintzy, coarse, humble, indifferent, junior, junior-grade, less, low, low-grade, lowly, petty(a), poor, punk, ropey, scrawny, second-rate, small, subaltern, subscript, third-rate, tinny, woeful
Antonyms: adscript, higher-up, superior, superior, superior, superordinate, superscript, superscript
See also: character | follower | grapheme | graphic symbol | worst |
Related terms: adherent, assistant, bad, common, feudal, hack, helper, inaccurate, inconsequential, ineffective, irrelevant, menial, minus, ordinary, poor relation, second fiddle, second string, subservient, tawdry, unreached, vassal, wanting
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Let's analyse "inferior" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ROIREFNI. Average typing speed for these characters is 2180 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
inferior: 9 + 5 + 9 + 6 = 29, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven. |
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