inferior

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Borrowed from Latin īnferior (lower, inferior), the comparative of īnferus (low, nether, underground).

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inferior (comparative more inferior, superlative most inferior)

Positive
inferior

Comparative
more inferior

Superlative
most inferior

  1. of lower quality
    Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
  2. of lower rank
  3. located below
  4. In botany, inside the flower stalk below the petals. Said of an ovary.

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Singular
inferior

Plural
inferiors

inferior (plural inferiors)

  1. a person of lower stature to another

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[edit] Latin

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īnferior

  1. Comparative form of īnferus.

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inferior m. and f. (plural inferiores)

  1. inferior (of lower quality)
  2. inferior (of lower rank)
  3. inferior (below)

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