Inferior - Definition

adj 1: of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant:
superior]
2: of low or inferior quality [ant: superior]
3: written or printed below and to one side of another character
[syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: adscript, superior,
superscript]
4: having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit;
"Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [ant: superior]
5: lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar
artery"
6: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
[syn: deficient, inferior, substandard]
n 1: one of lesser rank or station or quality [ant: higher-up,
superior, superordinate]
2: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or
slightly below and to the side of another character [syn:
subscript, inferior] [ant: superior, superscript]