inferioradjective
uk/ɪnˈfɪə.ri.ər/us/ɪnˈfɪr.i.ɚ/C1 not good, or not as good as someone or something else:
These products are inferior to those we bought last year.
She cited cases in which women had received inferior healthcare.
It was clear the group were regarded as intellectually/morally/socially inferior.
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superior adjective
lower, or of lower rank:
an inferior officer
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superior adjective
specialized anatomy of the lower surface of a body part
specialized medical used to refer to a body part that is below another body part:
the inferior alveolar artery
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Worse and worst
- aggravating
- aggravation
- at worst idiom
- be in a different league idiom
- can't hold a candle to idiom
- dark
- half
- hold
- match
- not in the same league idiom
- not the same idiom
- pale imitation
- pale in comparison idiom
- rub
- touch
- villain
- worse
- worse off
- worst
- worst-case
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Of little or less importance
Substances & structures in the body
inferiority
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˌfɪə.riˈɒr.ə.ti/us/ɪnˌfɪr.iˈɔːr.ə.t̬i/
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His ill treatment as a child had given him a strong sense of inferiority.
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superiority
inferiornoun [ C ]
uk/ɪnˈfɪə.ri.ər/us/ɪnˈfɪr.i.ɚ/C2 someone who is considered to be less important than other people:
He regarded most men as his social, moral, and intellectual inferiors.
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Worse and worst
- aggravating
- aggravation
- at worst idiom
- be in a different league idiom
- can't hold a candle to idiom
- dark
- half
- hold
- match
- not in the same league idiom
- not the same idiom
- pale imitation
- pale in comparison idiom
- rub
- touch
- villain
- worse
- worse off
- worst
- worst-case
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People of little importance