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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F. inf['e]rieur. See {Under}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Lower in place, rank, value, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath. [1913 Webster] A thousand inferior and particular propositions. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior nature. --Burke. [1913 Webster] Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods. [1913 Webster] 3. (Astron.) (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus. (b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian. [1913 Webster] 4. (Bot.) (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. (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior. [1913 Webster] 5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer. [1913 Webster] {Inferior court} (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the {superior court}, or {higher court}. {Inferior letter}, {Inferior figure} (Print.), a small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to {superior letter} or figure), as in A2, Bn, 2 and n are inferior characters. {Inferior tide}, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, n. A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another. [1913 Webster] A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than by disdaining him. --South. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: coarsened \coarsened\ adj. made coarse or crude by lack of skill; -- sometimes used to mean {inferior}. [WordNet 1.5] 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}] From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]: inferior 1. inferior 2. subordinate From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-spa-eng]: inferior inferior(malsupera)