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  • adj.less in rank, importance
  • adj.poor, second-rate
  • nounperson of lesser rank, importance

synonyms for inferior

  • lesser
  • secondary
  • bottom
  • junior
  • less
  • lower
  • menial
  • minor
  • minus
  • peon
  • second
  • subordinate
  • subsidiary
  • back seat
  • bottom-rung
  • entry-level
  • second-banana
  • second-fiddle
  • second-string
  • smaller
  • subjacent
  • under
  • underneath
See also synonyms for: inferiority / inferiorly

antonyms for inferior

MOST RELEVANT
  • superior
  • chief
  • important
  • best
  • better
  • extraordinary
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • foremost
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How to use inferior in a sentence

I was not inadequate or inferior, but trying to fit into spaces that had not been created with people like me in mind.
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The nub of her argument, whether acting for men or women plaintiffs, was that treating men and women differently under the law helped tokeep woman in her place, a place inferior to that occupied by men in our society.
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To some degree the AMP initiative is part of that, making sure that the mobile web experience isn’t completely inferior to the app experience.
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After the census office used inferior paper cards that left fibers in the mercury, Hollerith required his customers to purchase his own high-quality cards.
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Just because you live alone doesn’t mean that you’re somehow living an inferior life.
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Then we are again overgrown boys, beings of inferior race and incapable of being civilized.
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But closely allied to this subject, and not inferior to it in importance, stands that of Industrial Training.
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Dearer than the cigarritos are the cigars, which are not inferior to the best Havanna.
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He is thought to be little inferior to Racine in the merit of his dramatic compositions.
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But, glad as was the schemer, his delight and sense of freedom were much inferior to those of his misguided and unlucky partner.
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