Meaning & use
inferior
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Lower in quality, status, or rank compared to someone or something else.
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The knockoff bag was clearly inferior to the designer original.
He never felt inferior to his more famous siblings.
A note on using this word
Usually followed by "to" when making a comparison, as in "inferior to."
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subparlesser
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