INFERIOR

Definition:

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

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