inferior

6 definitions • 7 examples

not good, or not as good as someone or something else:

inferior to These products are inferior to those we bought last year.

She cited cases in which women had received inferior healthcare.

intellectually/morally/socially inferior It was clear the group were regarded as intellectually/morally/socially inferior.

lower, or of lower rank:

an inferior officer

of the lower surface of a body part

used to refer to a body part that is below another body part:

the inferior alveolar artery

someone who is considered to be less important than other people:

He regarded most men as his social, moral, and intellectual inferiors.

worse than average, or not as good as others of the same type:

She felt inferior to her older sister.