inferior

aggettivo

1. 1

   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.

   Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.

2. 2

   Lower in rank, status, or quality. Of low rank, standard or quality.

   an inferior officer

   Due to the internet issue, the system generates an inferior audio file.

   She detests visiting inferior places.

3. 3

   Lower in rank, status, or quality. (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.

4. 4

   Lower in rank, status, or quality. Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.

5. 5

   Located below: Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad.

6. 6

   Located below: Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.

7. 7

   Located below: 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).

8. 8

   Located below: On the side of a flower which is next to the bract.

9. 9

   Located below: Printed in subscript.

   an inferior figure or letter

10. 10

    Located below: Below the horizon.

    the inferior part of a meridian

11. 11

    Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.

    the inferior or interior planets

    an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus

sostantivo

1. 1

   A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another.

   ,

   As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want.

2. 2

   An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.

Forme

plurale

inferiors

comparativo

more inferior

superlativo

most inferior