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  Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, n.
     A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than
     another.
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           A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than
           by disdaining him.                       --South.
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  Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is
     below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F.
     inf['e]rieur. See Under.]
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     1. Lower in place, rank, value, excellence, etc.; less
        important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
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              A thousand inferior and particular propositions.
                                                    --I. Watts.
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              The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior
              nature.                               --Burke.
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              Whether they are equal or inferior to my other
              poems, an author is the most improper judge.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
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     3. (Astron.)
        (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.
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     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.
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     5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior
        officer.
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     Inferior court (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction
        of another court known as the superior court, 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 A2, Bn, 2 and n are
        inferior characters.
  
     Inferior tide, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit
        of the meridian, when below the horizon.
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  coarsened \coarsened\ adj.
     made coarse or crude by lack of skill; -- sometimes used to
     mean inferior.
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  Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is
     below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F.
     inf['e]rieur. See Under.]
     1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or
        valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
  
              A thousand inferior and particular propositions.
                                                    --I. Watts.
  
              The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior
              nature.                               --Burke.
  
              Whether they are equal or inferior to my other
              poems, an author is the most improper judge.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
  
     3. (Astron.)
        (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" rel="nofollow">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.

  Inferior \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.

  inferior
       adj 1: of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant: superior]
       2: of low or inferior quality [ant: superior]
       3: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
          corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
          functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower, lower-ranking,
           lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern, subordinate]
       4: written or printed below and to one side of another
          character [syn: subscript] [ant: adscript, superscript]
       5: having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit;
          "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [ant: superior]
       6: lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar
          artery"
       7: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
          [syn: deficient, substandard]
       n 1: one of lesser rank or station or quality [ant: superior]
       2: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or
          slightly below and to the side of another character [syn:
          subscript] [ant: superscript]

  inferior
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 ο κατώτερος, ο υποδεέστερος
     2 ο παρακατιανός
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 ο κατώτερος, ο υποδεέστερος
     2 ο παρακατιανός

  inferior
     Catalan a.
     1 (l en inferior)
     2 lower
     German a.
     1 subordinate, secondary
     2 (lb de of people) #English
     3 substandard, bad
     Occitan a.
     1 (l en inferior)
     2 lower
     Romanian a.
     (l en inferior)

  inferior
     a.
     1 lower in rank, status, or quality.
     2 # Of low rank, standard or quality.
     3 # (lb en law) (q: of a court or tribunal) susceptible to having its
  decisions overturned by a higher court.
     4 # (lb en economics) (ngd: Denoting goods or services which are in
  greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example
  second-hand clothes.)
     5 Located below:
     6 # (senseid en anatomy) (lb en anatomy) Situated further below
  (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to
  caudad.
     7 # (lb en zoology) Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral
  position in a quadrupedal body.
     8 # (lb en botany) Situated below some other organ (q: said of a
  calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary
  with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx).
     9 # (lb en botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the
  bract.
     10 # (lb en typography) Printed in subscript.
     11 # (lb en astronomy) Below the horizon.
     12 (lb en astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
     n.
     1 A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another.
     2 (lb en printing) An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.

  inferior
     Catalan a.
     1 (l en inferior)
     2 lower
     German a.
     1 subordinate, secondary
     2 (lb de of people) #English
     3 substandard, bad
     Portuguese a.
     (l en inferior)
     Spanish a.
     1 (l en inferior) (gloss: of lower quality)
     2 (l en inferior) (gloss: of lower rank)
     3 (l en inferior) (gloss: below)

  inferior
     Catalan a.
     1 (l en inferior)
     2 lower
     German a.
     1 subordinate, secondary
     2 (lb de of people) #English
     3 substandard, bad
     Portuguese a.
     (l en inferior)

  inferior
     Espanja a.
     (taivm) sanan bajo epäsäännöllinen komparatiivi, ''matalampi'',
  ''alempi''

  inferior
     Engelska a.
     underlägsen; lägre i rang

  inferior /ˈɪnfeːrˌɪoːɾ/ 
  inferior 
   see: inferiores Gut
  

  Inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  التابع

  inferior //ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə// //ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ// 
  1. долен
  located below
  2. нискокачествен
  of lower quality
  3. по-нисш, подчинен
  of lower rank

  inferior //ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə// //ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ// 
  подчинен
  person of lower status

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/ 
  podřadný

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/ 
  méněcenný

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  nekvalitní

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  podřízený

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/ 
  podřadný

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  Untergebene , Untergebener
   see: inferiors
  

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  inferior 
   see: inferior good
  

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  minder…, unter…, nieder…

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  minderwertig, geringwertig, von minderer Güte  [geh.]
     Synonym: substandard
  

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  tiefgestellt 
           Note: Schrift
     Synonym: subscript
  
   see: subscripted character, subscript, inferior character
  

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  untergeordnet 

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  unterlegen , schlechter
           Note: als

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  
  υποδεέστερος, κατώτερος, παρακατιανός

  inferior //ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə// //ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ// 
  1. alempi, alhaisempi
  located below
  2. huono, huonompi, kehno
  of lower quality
  3. alempi, alempiarvoinen
  of lower rank

  inferior //ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə// //ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ// 
  alempiarvoinen
  person of lower status

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/ 
  1. घटिया
        "Inferior seeds will yield inferior crop."
  2. छोटा
        "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/ 
  1. अधीन
        "Ravi is Ram's inferior."

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  lošiji, podređen, podčinjen

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  1. alábbvaló
  2. beosztott
  3. alárendelt
  4. alsóbbrendû

  inferior //ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə// //ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ// 
  1. 劣る
  of lower quality
  2. 下級, 下賎, 賎しい
  of lower rank

  inferior //ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə// //ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ// 
  下っ端, 目下, 賎
  person of lower status

  inferior /infiəriər/
  1. minderwaardig
  2. ondeugdelijk
  3. inferieur

  inferior /ɪnˈfɪərɪə/
  I.    gorszy (to - niż)
  II.   1.  podwładny
   2.  osoba o niższym statusie

  inferior /infiəriər/
  inferior

  inferior /infiəriər/
  inferior

  inferior //ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə// //ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ// 
  1. undermålig
  of lower quality
  2. underordnad
  of lower rank

  inferior /ɪnfˈiəɹiə/
  1. aşağı
  2. adi, bayağı
  3. mevki veya rütbede aşağı
  4. ikinci derecede, ehemmiyeti az
  5. (astr.) güneş ve dünya arasında olan
  6. ufkun altında olan
  7. (bot.) başka organın altında yetişen, alt
  8. (matb.) harflerin veya satırların altına dizilen
  9. aşağı derecede olan kimse veya şey.

  inferior
  inferior

  inferior
  inferior

  inferior
  inferior

  inferior /ˌiŋfeɾiˈor/
  Untergebene

  inferior /ˌiŋfelizmˈeɪŋtʃy/
  1. inferior
  2. subordinate

  inferior /ˌiŋfɨɾiˈoɹ/ 
  inférieur

  inferior /ˌiŋfɨɾiˈoɹ/ 
  inferior

  inferior /ˌimfeɾjˈoɾ/
  inferior

  inferior /ˌimfeɾjˈoɾ/
  inferior

  inferior /ˌimfeɾjˈoɾ/
  inferior  

  inferior, inferiora /ˌimfeɾjˈoɾ/ /ˌimfeɾjˈoɾa/ 
  geringwertig

  inferior, inferiora /ˌimfeɾjˈoɾ/ /ˌimfeɾjˈoɾa/ 
  minderwertig

  inferior, inferiora /ˌimfeɾjˈoɾ/ /ˌimfeɾjˈoɾa/ 
  1. untere
  2. Unter-

  inferior /ˌimfeɾjˈoɾ/
  inferior

  
/ˌɪnˈfɪɹiɝ/

  INFERIOR. One who in relation to another has less power and is below him; 
  one who is bound to obey another. He who makes the law is the superior; he 
  who is bound to obey it, the inferior. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 8. 
  
  

  217 Moby Thesaurus words for "inferior":
     Mickey Mouse, adherent, assistant, attendant, auxiliary, average,
     back-burner, bad, base, black, bootlicker, cheap, cheesy, client,
     coarse, cog, common, commonality, commonalty, crappy, creature,
     criminal, crummy, declasse, defective, deficient, demeaning,
     dependent, deputy, dinky, disadvantaged, disciple, dispensable,
     doormat, down, earlier, employee, evil, fair, feudal, feudatory,
     flunky, follower, fourth-class, gimcrack, good-for-nothing, hack,
     hanger-on, heeler, helper, henchman, hireling, hoi polloi, homager,
     humble, ill, immaterial, imperfect, improper, in the shade,
     inaccurate, inadequate, inappreciable, inauspicious, incapable,
     incapable of, incompetent, inconsequential, inconsiderable,
     indifferent, ineffective, inefficient, inept, inessential,
     inexpedient, infra dig, insignificant, insufficient, invalid,
     irregular, irrelevant, junior, junky, lackey, lacking, less,
     lesser, lickspittle, liege, liege man, lightweight, little, lousy,
     low, low-class, low-grade, low-priority, low-quality, low-test,
     lower, lower class, lower orders, lowest, lowly, malevolent,
     marginal, masses, mean, mediocre, menial, middling, minion, minor,
     minus, minute, modest, myrmidon, negligible, nether,
     no great shakes, no-account, no-good, nonessential, not vital,
     of no account, of no consequence, of no matter, of no significance,
     ordinary, paltry, pawn, peccant, peon, petit, poor, poor relation,
     punk, retainer, right-hand man, satellite, satrap, scrub,
     second fiddle, second rank, second string, second-best,
     second-class, second-rate, secondary, seedy, serf, servant,
     servile, shabby, shoddy, short, short of, sinful, sinister, slave,
     sleazy, small, sorry, stooge, sub, subaltern, subjacent, subject,
     subordinate, subservient, substandard, sycophant, tacky, tawdry,
     technical, third rank, third string, third stringer, third-class,
     third-rate, tinny, tributary, unable, unable to, under, underling,
     underprivileged, understrapper, unendowed, unessential,
     unfavorable, unfit, unfitted, ungifted, unhealthy, unimportant,
     unimpressive, unkind, unnoteworthy, unpleasant, unqualified,
     unreached, unskillful, untalented, untoward, unworthy, valueless,
     vassal, vicious, vulgar, wanting, wicked, worthless, wretched,
     wrong, yeoman, yes-man
  
  

  a. 次等的,较低的,不如;

     a. 次等的,较低的,下方的,下级的
     n. 低下的人,次品,下附文字