inferior

1. Of or characteristic of low rank or importance (synset 302348283)
   also:

   • low-level, subordinate - lower in rank or importance
   • low - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
   • low - less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
   similar to:

   • humble, low, lowly, modest, small - low or inferior in station or quality
   • indifferent - fairly poor to not very good
   • low-level - at a low level in rank or importance
   • middle-level - intermediate in rank or position
   • outclassed - decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class
2. Of low or inferior quality (synset 302353767)
   also: worst - (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition
   tells us about: caliber, calibre, quality - a degree or grade of excellence or worth
   similar to:

   • bad - below average in quality or performance
   • base - (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
   • bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny - of very poor quality; flimsy
   • bush, bush-league - not of the highest quality or sophistication
   • cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry - made of inferior workmanship and materials
   • coarse, common - of low or inferior quality or value
   • coarsened - made coarse or crude by lack of skill
   • commercial, commercial-grade - of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior
   • deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched - of very poor quality or condition
   • less - (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
   • low-grade - of inferior quality
   • mediocre, second-rate - moderate to inferior in quality
   • ropey, ropy - (British informal) very poor in quality
   • scrawny, scrubby, stunted - inferior in size or quality
   • second-class - of inferior status or quality
   • third-rate - of lesser quality than second-rate
   • utility, utility-grade - used of beef; usable but inferior
3. Written or printed below and to one side of another character (synset 302358391)
   referred to in: printing, printing process - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
   same as: subscript
4. Having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit (synset 302357217)
   "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
   referred to in: astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
5. Lower than a given reference point (synset 302450200)
   "inferior alveolar artery"
   referred to in: anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
   similar to: bottom - situated at the bottom or lowest position
6. Falling short of some prescribed norm (synset 302305084)
   "substandard housing"
   similar to: nonstandard - varying from or not adhering to a standard
   same as: deficient, substandard

1. One of lesser rank or station or quality (synset 110224850)
   is a type of: follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another
2. A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character (synset 106833078)
   is a type of: character, graph, grapheme, graphic symbol - a written symbol that is used to represent speech
   same as: subscript

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