Lower in rank, status, or quality.
Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
Located below:
Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
the inferior or interior planets
A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another.
As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want.
Borrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“below, underneath”).
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An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.