inferior
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As an antidote to Superman, Mr. Jaffee conceived of Inferior Man, a hapless superhero who at the first sign of trouble runs into a phone booth and puts his civilian clothes back on.
From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023
Inferior sewage systems allow waste to back up and pool, threatening public health and degrading basic dignity.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2022
Where I think the science matters, and the reason I wrote Inferior is because there are still people who claim that, biologically, what we’re fighting for, equality, is impossible.
From Slate • Feb. 20, 2018
Horgan then goes on to cite Angela Saini’s book Inferior, which makes the claim that hunter-gatherers were “remarkably egalitarian.”
From Scientific American • Jan. 11, 2018
Inferior to these men in talent, Brissot de Warville, a restless pamphleteer, exerted more influence over the party which has sometimes gone by his name.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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