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(adjective) of or characteristic of low rank or importance |
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Antonyms: superior |
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(adjective) of low or inferior quality |
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Antonyms: superior |
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(adjective) (astronomy) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" |
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Antonyms: superior |
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(noun) one of lesser rank or station or quality |
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Related Words: follower |
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Antonyms: superior |
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(satellite adjective) inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" |
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Synonyms: junior-grade, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate |
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(satellite adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" |
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Synonyms: deficient, substandard |
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(adjective) (printing) written or printed below and to one side of another character |
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Synonyms: subscript |
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(noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character |
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Synonyms: subscript |
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Related Words: character, grapheme, graphic symbol |
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