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Meaning of INFERIOR in English

Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

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    Meaning of INFERIOR in English

    • Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
    • Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
    • Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
    • Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
    • 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 the bract; anterior.
    • Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
    • A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.

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