inferiority

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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

And if her goofier choices were unanimously refuted as artistic inferiority, we’d never get the chance to see her bounce from “Babygirl” to “Holland” to playing an Italian forensic pathologist in “Scarpetta.”

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

The realisation was particularly powerful because his winning album, simply titled Kiwanuka, had grappled with his sense of inferiority as a musician, a black man, a partner and a friend.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

“Becoming Karl,” which depicts the rivalry between Mr. Lagerfeld and his peer, Yves Saint Laurent, focuses on Mr. Lagerfeld’s apparently enormous inferiority complex and the two men’s rivalry for the love of Jacques de Bascher.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

As Professor Matthews wrote at the time, “Education for ignorance and for inferiority in Verwoerd’s schools is worse than no education at all.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela