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inferiority

[in-feer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-] / ɪnˌfɪər iˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr- /
NOUN
deficiency
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In the first few weeks of the war we have seen how Iran has managed its tactical and materiel inferiority to some effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

It was more sweat than style, but still not enough to make up for the glaring inferiority and inadequacies of the first half.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

And they remember a time in which the city’s messy urban forms and perceived cultural inferiority provided endless creative fuel, and liberation.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

The myriad accomplishments by Black Americans in the face of the oppressive conditions of slavery and racial hierarchy openly defied stereotypes of their inferiority.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024

They were frightened, and so they fought Nations were like people—they had feelings of inferiority, or of superiority, or of revenge, or of fear.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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