inferior UK /ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə/US /ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ/adjective 12noun 2forms 3 adjective12 •Lower in rank, status, or quality.Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.The pathological liar was morally inferior to his much nicer constituents. •Of low rank, standard or quality.Due to the internet issue, the system generates an inferior audio file.She detests visiting inferior places. •(of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court. •Located below. •Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad. •Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body. •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). •On the side of a flower which is next to the bract. •Printed in subscript. •Below the horizon. •Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes. •Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is. noun2 •A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another.As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want. •An inferior letter, figure, or symbol. formsinferiors · more inferior · most inferior
