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Meaning of inferior

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  inferior
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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