inferior
33
4.2
- adjective
- /ɪnˈfɪr.i.ər/
:
inferior
- We may not have your family's money, but that does not make us inferior to you.
- feel inferior
- considered inferior
- judged inferior
that you're either superior or inferior to somebody else.
- that you're either superior or inferior to somebody else.
- They never made me feel inferior, right?
- But some kids are are feeling inferior, cut off, bullied.
- You couldn't have slaves unless you bought into the idea that they were inferior.
- We cannot embrace the double edged sword of racial preferences and its lure of an advantage without being stigmatized as inferior.
- Superior or inferior depends on the culture or people doing the judging.
- So, so, so you're so the Russian Empire vis A vis Ukraine is simultaneously inferior and superior at the same time, right?
- I think I shed that, you know, at the same time I did when I felt inferior at times in those board meetings when I was worried about people looking down at me.
- So they're seeing their throne legs being whittled down and now their butts are coming down to the level of the inferior people.
- The television commercial was an inferior status in advertising because the radio and print were classic and more elevated.
- The needs to be separate from the need to be inferior, the need to be superior, the need to be anxious, frustrated, angry, guilty, resentful.
Examples
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At all times his position will be inferior.
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Mrs. Hedgeworth, my daughter isn't socially inferior to anyone.
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I felt I felt sort of inferior for not speaking more than one language.
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And that they make you feel inferior, also?
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You do not want me to look inferior to the women of other officers.
Fiction book (1991) -
What I object to is that you treat me like an inferior.
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Come to find out, another grower is providing a similar and inferior product at a much lower price.
Fiction book (2002) -
Finally, some 500 years ago, China's environment proved inferior to Europe's in crucial ways.
Academic text (1999) -
Two, he doesn't see me as inferior to him because he's a billionaire and I'm not.
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Despite her extensive qualifications, she sometimes felt inferior to her peers who had more experience.
Synonyms
260
1.3
Having little social rank or importance
99
2.4
Having lower rank or less experience than another person
46
4.2
A person of low rank or importance, for example a servant
28
4.7
Someone treated as less important and given fewer rights or benefits
21
4.8
Lower in rank or importance and under someone's control
5
3.5
People who have little money, little education, or low social status
5
1.0
At the bottom in rank or importance in a group
1
3.8
A person who has a less important job or less power in an organization
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.6
A large vein that carries blood from the lower body and belly to the heart
- Specialized
1
6.1
A blood vessel that supplies the lower part of the cerebellum
- Specialized
1
7.2
A blood vessel that branches from the lower main blood vessel in the belly to supply the large intestine
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood from the lower surface of the brain to large channels inside the head
- Specialized
Small blood vessels under the brain that carry blood into large internal channels
- Specialized
A planet that lies directly between Earth and the Sun in a straight line
- Specialized
A blood vessel that runs through the lower jaw and carries blood to the lower teeth
- Specialized
A vein in the lower front of the belly that carries blood toward the groin
- Specialized
A small blood vessel that carries blood from the lower lip to a vein in the face
- Specialized
A lower fold of tissue in the throat that makes sound when air passes between the two
- Specialized
Lower band of tissue in the throat that makes sound when air passes between the two bands
- Specialized
A vein that drains blood from the lower and inner parts of the eye socket
- Specialized
A planet that orbits closer to the Sun than Earth, like Mercury or Venus
- Specialized
A vein that carries blood from the lower part of a lung to the left atrium of the heart
- Specialized
A small brain vein that drains blood from parts of the thalamus and striatum into the basal vein
- Specialized
A neck vein that carries blood from the lower thyroid to a large vein near the heart
- Specialized
A muscle under the eye that moves the eyeball down and toward the nose
- Specialized
A thin lower back muscle that helps hold the lower ribs steady when you breathe
- Specialized
A blood vessel in the lower front of the belly that carries blood to a larger vein in the pelvis
- Specialized
A vein that carries oxygen-rich blood from the lower lobe of a lung to the left side of the heart
How Important
50
2.4
353
3.9
∞
1.0
33
4.2
54
1.9
104
4.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Inferior comes from the Latin inferior meaning 'lower', so when a job or position is called inferior it means it is in a 'lower' place or has less importance than others.