1. (

• inferior

) one of lesser rank or station or quality ;

2. (

• subscript ,
• inferior

) a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character ;

1. (

• inferior ,

) of or characteristic of low rank or importance ;

2. (

• inferior ,

) of low or inferior quality ;

3. (

• subscript ,
• inferior

) written or printed below and to one side of another character ;

4. (

• inferior ,

) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" ;

5. (

• inferior

) lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery" ;

6. (

• deficient ,
• inferior ,
• substandard

) falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" ;