inferior
adjective /ɪnˈfɪə.ri.ər/
/-ˈfɪr.i.ɚ/ Definition
C1 not good, or not as good as someone or something else: These products are inferior to those we bought last year. She cited cases in which women had received inferior healthcare. It was clear the group were regarded as intellectually/morally/socially inferior. → Compare superior adjectiveWorse and worst › specialized lower, or of lower rank: an inferior officer → Compare superior adjectivePosition and status in groups and organizationsOf little or less importance inferiority /ɪnˌfɪə.riˈɒr.ə.ti/
/-ˌfɪr.iˈɔːr.ə.t̬i/ noun [U] C2 His ill treatment as a child had given him a strong sense of inferiority. → Compare superiorityWorse and worst
/-ˌfɪr.iˈɔːr.ə.t̬i/ noun [U] C2 His ill treatment as a child had given him a strong sense of inferiority. → Compare superiorityWorse and worst(Definition of inferior adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aggravating adjective (MAKING WORSE)
- aggravation noun (MAKE WORSE)
- at worst idiom
- be in a different league idiom
- below/under par idiom
- can't hold a candle to idiom
- match noun (EQUAL)
- not be a patch on sth idiom
- not be in the same league idiom
- not half as idiom
- not in the same league idiom
- not the same idiom
- rub salt in/into the wound idiom
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom
- to top it all idiom
- villain noun
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- worse off adjective
- worst adverb
- worst noun
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