inferior (
http://definr.com/inferior)
adj 1: of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant:
superior]
2: of low or inferior quality [ant:
superior]
3: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn:
junior-grade,
lower,
lower-ranking,
lowly,
petty(a),
secondary,
subaltern,
subordinate]
4: (printing) written or printed below and to one side of
another character [syn:
subscript] [ant:
adscript,
superscript]
5: (astronomy) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's
orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [ant:
superior]
6: (anatomy) lower than a given reference point; "inferior
alveolar artery"
7: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
[syn:
deficient,
substandard]
n 1: one of lesser rank or station or quality [ant:
superior]
2: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or
slightly below and to the side of another character [syn:
subscript] [ant:
superscript]