Definition of inferior

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Inferior (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..

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Youngger :: Youngger (n.) One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior.
Remittitur :: Remittitur (n.) A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court..
Popularity :: Popularity (n.) The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity..
One-horse :: One-horse (a.) Second-rate; inferior; small.
Undergrow :: Undergrow (v. i.) To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height..
Dactylopterous :: Dactylopterous (a.) Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards..
Cur :: Cur (n.) A mongrel or inferior dog.
Undersphere :: Undersphere (n.) An inferior sphere, or field of action..
Deteriority :: Deteriority (n.) Worse state or quality; inferiority.
Whigling :: Whigling (n.) A petty or inferior Whig; -- used in contempt.
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture..
Misalliance :: Misalliance (n.) A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance.
Mesalliance :: Mesalliance (n.) A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.
Disparage :: Disparage (v. t.) To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..
Subalternate :: Subalternate (a.) Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
Base :: Base (a.) Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion..
Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus..
Protectorate :: Protectorate (n.) The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs..
Mandible :: Mandible (n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds..
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