Results for inferior
Definitions of inferior:
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
One lower in rank or station: one younger than another.
part of speech: adjective
Lower in place, rank, or quality; secondary; between the earth and the sun; as, inferior planets.
part of speech: adjective
Lower, as in station, rank, age, condition, excellence, or value; of second- rate quality; not the best; subordinate; in bot., applied to the ovary when it seems to be situated below the calyx, and to the part of a flower farthest from the axis.
part of speech: noun
One who is in a lower station or rank than another.
part of speech: adjective
Usage examples for inferior:
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It would be difficult to prove that in other parts of the theatre of war the Confederate troops were inferior to those that held the Valley.
"Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War", G. F. R. Henderson -
They at once attacked and though so inferior in numbers gained a complete victory.
"History of Holland", George Edmundson -
The classes of the University meet here, but, with one exception, the appliances for higher scientific education are very inferior
"Roumania Past and Present", James Samuelson