inferior
adjective/ɪnˈfɪəriə(r)/
/ɪnˈfɪriər/
- not good or not as good as somebody/something else
- of inferior quality
- inferior goods
- to make somebody feel inferior
- inferior to somebody/something Modern music is often considered inferior to that of the past.
Extra Examples- Her obvious popularity made me feel inferior.
- His later work was vastly inferior to his early work.
- These later paintings are slightly inferior in value.
- Women are often regarded as inferior.
- The cracks in the structure were due to the poor-quality materials and inferior workmanship.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
- …
- decidedly
- greatly
- markedly
- …
- in
- to
- [usually before noun] (formal) of lower rank; lower
- an inferior officer
Word Originlate Middle English (originally as an anatomical term meaning ‘in a lower position’): from Latin, comparative of inferus ‘low’.
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