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Definition of inferior noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inferior

noun
 
/ɪnˈfɪəriə(r)/
 
/ɪnˈfɪriər/
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  1. a person who is not as good as somebody else; a person who is lower in rank or status
    • She considered everyone her intellectual inferior.
    Topics People in societyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • intellectual
    • social
    verb + inferior
    • consider somebody
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    Word Originlate Middle English (originally as an anatomical term meaning ‘in a lower position’): from Latin, comparative of inferus ‘low’.
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