inferior

Meanings

Noun

• one of lesser rank or station or quality
• a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

Adjective

• of or characteristic of low rank or importance
• of low or inferior quality
• written or printed below and to one side of another character
• having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
  • "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"

Adjective Satellite

• lower than a given reference point
  • "inferior alveolar artery"
• falling short of some prescribed norm

Synonyms

deficient, subscript, substandard

Antonyms

adscript, superior, superscript