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inferior

/ɪn'firiər/

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adjective
written or printed below and to one side of another character
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subscript
noun
a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
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subscript

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grapheme character graphic symbol graph
adjective
falling short of some prescribed norm
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deficient substandard nonstandard
adjective
having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
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"Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
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superior
adjective
lower than a given reference point
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"inferior alveolar artery"

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bottom
adjective
of low or inferior quality
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common crummy deplorable execrable scrawny bad base bum bush bush-league cheap cheapjack cheesy chintzy coarse coarsened commercial commercial-grade punk ropey ropy scrubby second-class second-rate shoddy sleazy stunted tawdry third-rate tinny utility utility-grade woeful wretched less low-grade mediocre miserable

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superior
adjective
of or characteristic of low rank or importance
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outclassed indifferent low middle-level modest humble low-level lowly small

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superior
noun
one of lesser rank or station or quality
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superior

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follower

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