inferior
Lower in rank, status, or quality.
Example
“Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.”
Other meanings
Of low rank, standard or quality.
of a court or tribunal Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
Related words
- inferiorization
- septoinferior
- inferior concha
- inferior turbinate
- inferior turbinate bone
- obliquus oculi inferior
- inferior alveolar nerve
- inferior cervical ganglion
- inferior ganglion
- inferior laryngeal nerve
- inferior mesenteric artery
- inferior oblique
Word history
From Latin "īnferior" (lower in situation or place).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “inferior” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.