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Meaning Of Inferior
a.
Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or
valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
a.
Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
a.
Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or
interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
a.
Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
a.
Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when
free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an
adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
a.
On the side of a flower which is next the bract;
anterior.
a.
Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
n.
A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than
another.