adj.
- lower in rank, status, or quality.
▸of low standard or quality.
▸Law (of a court or tribunal) susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
- chiefly Anatomy low or lower in position.
▸Botany (of the ovary of a flower) situated below the sepals.
- (of a letter or symbol) written or printed below the line.
- Economics denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession.
n.
- a person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.
- Printing an inferior letter, figure, or symbol.
Derivative
- inferiority n.
- inferiorly adv. (Anatomy ).
Etymology
ME: from L., compar. of inferus ‘low’.