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inferior

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1. inferior - Noun

2. inferior - Adjective

3. inferior - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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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To be human means to feel inferior. Alfred Adler

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. Arthur Schopenhauer

To envy someone is to consider yourself inferior to them. Jewish Proverb

The answerer is inferior to the asker. Hindi Proverb

Treat your superior as a father, your equal as a brother, and your inferior as a son. Persian Proverb

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