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inferioradjective
of lower quality
Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
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inferior
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disqualified, inadequate, incompetent, insufficient, poor, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless, worthlessAntonyms:
able, adapted, adequate, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable
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inferiornoun
one of lesser rank or station or quality
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subscriptAntonyms:
higher-up, superior, superordinate, splendid, arch, A-one, well-made, topnotch, quality, superb, surpassing, super, high-performance, premium, fantabulous, top-flight, prime(a), upper, spiffing, choice, sterling(a), ace, top(a), transcendent, crack, pucka, outstanding, top-hole, gilt-edged, brilliant, standard, olympian, tiptop, banner, condescending, shining, boss, first-rate, excellent, capital, weapons-grade, side(a), pukka, patronising, top-notch, leading(a), high-level, brag, topping, blue-ribbon(a), superlative, majestic, high, select, supreme, greatest, upper-level, prize, tops(p), patronizing, preeminent, high-ranking, first-class, eminent -
subscript, inferioradjective
a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
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subscriptAntonyms:
superior, higher-up, superordinate, brag, outstanding, superb, ace, high-level, pukka, top(a), A-one, quality, upper, top-notch, choice, standard, top-flight, high-ranking, arch, blue-ribbon(a), olympian, first-class, prize, preeminent, supreme, prime(a), superlative, pucka, spiffing, gilt-edged, capital, well-made, super, topnotch, upper-level, topping, top-hole, sterling(a), crack, majestic, condescending, brilliant, splendid, tops(p), select, patronizing, first-rate, eminent, high-performance, patronising, surpassing, leading(a), excellent, fantabulous, weapons-grade, side(a), high, premium, transcendent, boss, banner, tiptop, greatest, shining -
inferioradjective
of or characteristic of low rank or importance
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subscript, deficient, substandardAntonyms:
superordinate, higher-up, superior, select, banner, superlative, patronizing, high, capital, surpassing, high-performance, boss, tops(p), weapons-grade, well-made, premium, olympian, shining, excellent, top-hole, high-level, choice, brag, patronising, first-class, arch, fantabulous, ace, superb, standard, topnotch, blue-ribbon(a), splendid, brilliant, outstanding, quality, prize, spiffing, preeminent, crack, top(a), top-flight, side(a), topping, sterling(a), upper-level, first-rate, transcendent, majestic, eminent, leading(a), tiptop, condescending, high-ranking, A-one, pukka, supreme, top-notch, pucka, super, upper, gilt-edged, greatest, prime(a) -
inferioradjective
of low or inferior quality
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subscript, deficient, substandardAntonyms:
superior, higher-up, superordinate, preeminent, first-class, prize, quality, outstanding, excellent, transcendent, tops(p), patronizing, tiptop, arch, top-flight, greatest, gilt-edged, standard, patronising, capital, olympian, well-made, top-hole, pucka, side(a), select, banner, brilliant, high-ranking, fantabulous, premium, brag, supreme, high, ace, majestic, topping, first-rate, weapons-grade, prime(a), leading(a), condescending, surpassing, crack, pukka, top(a), upper-level, splendid, high-performance, sterling(a), high-level, A-one, eminent, superlative, superb, choice, upper, topnotch, spiffing, blue-ribbon(a), shining, top-notch, boss, super -
subscript, inferioradjective
written or printed below and to one side of another character
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subscript, deficient, substandardAntonyms:
superior, higher-up, superordinate, first-rate, top-flight, weapons-grade, upper, select, top(a), top-notch, super, splendid, superb, tiptop, topping, choice, patronizing, surpassing, superlative, prize, banner, standard, blue-ribbon(a), supreme, brag, olympian, sterling(a), fantabulous, upper-level, excellent, quality, A-one, condescending, preeminent, tops(p), arch, capital, high-performance, well-made, outstanding, greatest, majestic, first-class, gilt-edged, prime(a), patronising, high-ranking, topnotch, side(a), leading(a), transcendent, pucka, top-hole, shining, brilliant, pukka, eminent, spiffing, boss, high, premium, crack, high-level, ace -
inferioradjective
having an orbit between the sun and the Earth’s orbit
«Mercury and Venus are inferior planets»
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subscript, deficient, substandardAntonyms:
higher-up, superior, superordinate, tops(p), transcendent, banner, superb, supreme, topnotch, upper, top-flight, standard, first-class, high-performance, outstanding, greatest, pucka, tiptop, quality, brag, select, spiffing, top-notch, topping, leading(a), superlative, high-ranking, premium, capital, eminent, weapons-grade, excellent, crack, blue-ribbon(a), splendid, olympian, choice, sterling(a), ace, prize, majestic, brilliant, shining, fantabulous, preeminent, pukka, side(a), condescending, upper-level, gilt-edged, arch, surpassing, prime(a), high, boss, high-level, well-made, super, A-one, first-rate, top(a), patronising, patronizing, top-hole -
inferioradjective
lower than a given reference point
«inferior alveolar artery»
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subscript, deficient, substandardAntonyms:
superior, higher-up, superordinate, A-one, shining, patronizing, pukka, select, superb, boss, splendid, gilt-edged, spiffing, superlative, leading(a), side(a), patronising, quality, top-flight, olympian, first-rate, transcendent, standard, top-hole, prime(a), capital, upper-level, upper, prize, super, brilliant, fantabulous, high-performance, topping, crack, excellent, blue-ribbon(a), well-made, premium, tiptop, supreme, surpassing, majestic, high, top-notch, preeminent, outstanding, sterling(a), eminent, condescending, pucka, high-ranking, banner, brag, arch, topnotch, greatest, ace, top(a), choice, first-class, high-level, tops(p), weapons-grade -
deficient, inferior, substandardadjective
falling short of some prescribed norm
«substandard housing»
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insufficient, subscript, lacking(p), deficient, wanting(p), substandardAntonyms:
superordinate, superior, higher-up, majestic, splendid, excellent, choice, upper-level, well-made, crack, fantabulous, ace, tops(p), arch, A-one, topnotch, preeminent, super, transcendent, pukka, eminent, first-rate, banner, top(a), brag, sterling(a), select, greatest, topping, superlative, surpassing, weapons-grade, supreme, blue-ribbon(a), capital, top-notch, boss, brilliant, spiffing, first-class, tiptop, high-level, top-hole, olympian, leading(a), high, quality, condescending, top-flight, prime(a), gilt-edged, pucka, high-performance, outstanding, side(a), high-ranking, premium, superb, patronising, patronizing, upper, shining, prize, standard
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Robert G. Ingersoll:
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.
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La Fontaine:
We must oblige everybody as much as we can; we have often need of assistance from those inferior to ourselves.
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Daryl Davis:
When you’ve sat on that throne of power for hundreds of years and you see your throne legs being whittled down and now you’re being lowered down to the level of the people that you consider inferior, it’s really troubling and that’s why you find a lot of these groups stepping up their recruitment efforts, and what they do is they use a legitimate topic in order to lure people in, the top of it being illegal immigration. That’s the browning of America.
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Joe Biden:
What happened here is simple and straightforward — terrorism, terrorism, domestic terrorism, violence inflicted in the service of hate and the vicious thirst for power that defines one group of people being inherently inferior to any other group.
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Alan Hudson:
Every four years it broke his heart that he couldn’t go to a World Cup and play on the biggest stage, he was the greatest player at that time and he was seeing inferior players playing in the World Cup.
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- وArabic
- podřízený, podřadný, méněcennýCzech
- minderwertigGerman
- κατώτεροςGreek
- inferiorSpanish
- alempiarvoinen, alempiFinnish
- inférieurFrench
- subordinado, inferiorGalician
- ստորինArmenian
- inferiorIndonesian
- di basso rango, inferioreItalian
- נָחוּתHebrew
- 下っ端, 下等, 劣る, 目下, 低い, 賎, 賎しいJapanese
- 열등한Korean
- inferieurDutch
- inferiorPortuguese
- inferiorRomanian
- нижестоящий, нижний, худший, младший, низший, подчинённыйRussian
- undermålig, underordnadSwedish
- aşağı derecede olanTurkish
- کمترUrdu
- dizotrin, dizotrinneWalloon
- 下Chinese
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- lesser
- secondary
- bottom
- junior
- less
- lower
- menial
- minor
- minus
- peon
- second
- subordinate
- subsidiary
- back seat
- bottom-rung
- entry-level
- second-banana
- second-fiddle
- second-string
- smaller
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- under
- underneath
- indifferent
- lousy
- mediocre
- substandard
- average
- bad
- base
- common
- fair
- good-for-nothing
- hack
- imperfect
- junk
- lemon
- mean
- middling
- ordinary
- worse
- déclassé
- low-grade
- low-rent
- paltry
- poorer
- sad
- second-class
- sorry
- tawdry
- two-bit
- wretched
- adherent
- attendant
- auxiliary
- deputy
- disciple
- follower
- hanger-on
- hireling
- junior
- menial
- minion
- minor
- peon
- satellite
- subaltern
- subject
- subordinate
- sycophant
- underling
- second banana
On this page you’ll find 183 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to inferior, such as: lesser, secondary, bottom, junior, less, and lower.
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- first-class
- first-rate
- boss
- chief
- leader
- manager
- master
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After the census office used inferior paper cards that left fibers in the mercury, Hollerith required his customers to purchase his own high-quality cards.
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Then we are again overgrown boys, beings of inferior race and incapable of being civilized.
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But closely allied to this subject, and not inferior to it in importance, stands that of Industrial Training.
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WORDS RELATED TO INFERIOR
- abominable
- amiss
- atrocious
- awful
- bad news
- beastly
- blah
- bummer
- careless
- cheap
- cheesy
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- off
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- raunchy
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- synthetic
- the pits
- unacceptable
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- defective
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- erroneous
- fallacious
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- garbage
- godawful
- grody
- gross
- grungy
- icky
- imperfect
- inadequate
- incorrect
- inferior
- junky
- lousy
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- off
- poor
- raunchy
- rough
- sad
- slipshod
- stinking
- substandard
- synthetic
- the pits
- unacceptable
- unsatisfactory
- base
- common
- contemptible
- declassed
- dishonorable
- humble
- ignoble
- inferior
- lower-class
- mean
- plebeian
- unwashed
- unworthy
- adulterated
- baseborn
- counterfeit
- fake
- false
- imperfect
- impure
- inferior
- irregular
- misbegotten
- misborn
- mixed
- mongrel
- natural
- phony
- sham
- spurious
- suppositious
- ungenuine
- inferior
- lesser
- lower
- subject
- subordinate
- unworthy
- below par
- inferior
- low-grade
- poor
- second-rate
- subpar
- substandard
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below par, down, lowly, poor, sad, en.synonym.one, sick, average, bad, base, below, below par, en.synonym.one, cheap, churlish, coarse, common, conditional, contemptible, contingent, conventional, counterfeit, crude, defective, degraded, disappointing, discouraging, dishonourable, faulty, flimsy, harsh, ignoble, ill-mannered, en.synonym.one, inadequate, inconsequent, inconsiderable, indifferent, ineffective, insignificant, insufficient, invalid, jerry-built, less, less than average, lesser, low, lower, mean, mediocre, minor, nether, nonessential, normal, not up to snuff, ordinary, paltry, petty, poor, en.synonym.one, rude, rustic, second, second-rate, secondary, seedy, shabby, shoddy, short, small, subject, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, substandard, tacky, tawdry, unacceptable, uncivil, uncouth, under, unessential, unexpected, unimportant, uninteresting, unpolished, unrefined, unsound, unworthy, aide, assistant, collateral, helper, sub, en.synonym.one, subject, subordinate, mean, picayune, less, lower, nether, under, deficient, subscript.
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subordinate
lower, underling
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poor, quality
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bad
poor, property
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property, below average
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lower
position, importance
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secondary
lower, importance
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wretched
poor, substandard
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low
base, over
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second-rate
better, poor
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lesser
lower, importance
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minor
lower, importance
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deficient
second-rate, substandard
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lowly
lower, lower in status
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mean
better, common
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shoddy
imperfect, defective
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junior
importance, subordinate
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second-class
better, substandard
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low-grade
better, second-rate
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common
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underling
subordinate, over
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cheap
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under
position, over
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less
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nether
position
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indifferent
common, second-rate
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subservient
dependent, lower in status
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tawdry
shoddy
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paltry
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subsidiary
subordinate, lower-ranking
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worse
substandard, worst
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lousy
grotty
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humble
lower in status
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coarse
rough
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shabby
property, second-rate
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second
subordinate
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petty
reduction, subordinate
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defective
property
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menial
underling, lower in status
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base
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Pronunciation:
[ ɪnfˈi͡əɹɪə], [ ɪnfˈiəɹɪə], [ ɪ_n_f_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə]
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all (adjective)
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at the mercy of; answerable (adjective)
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average, commonplace (adjective)
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average; not distinctive (adjective)
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bad (adjective)
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baseborn (adjective)
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bastard (adjective)
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below normal (adjective)
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below par (adjective)
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cheap (adjective)
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cheap, worth very little (adjective)
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coarse (adjective)
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common (adjective)
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contemptible (adjective)
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crappy (adjective)
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crummy (adjective)
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declassed (adjective)
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deficient (adjective)
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dependent (adjective)
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despicable, shameful (adjective)
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destitute, shabby (adjective)
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disappointing (adjective)
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down (adjective)
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extremely compliant (adjective)
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feeble (adjective)
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ignoble (adjective)
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illegitimate (adjective)
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immature (adjective)
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inconsiderable (adjective)
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ineffective (adjective)
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inefficacious (adjective)
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inferior (adjective)
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junior (adjective)
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lousy (adjective)
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lowly (adjective)
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minor (adjective)
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miserable (adjective)
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no-account (adjective)
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ordinary (adjective)
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petty (adjective)
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adj.
• all (adjective)
- inferior.
• at the mercy of; answerable (adjective)
- subject.
• average, commonplace (adjective)
- mediocre.
• average; not distinctive (adjective)
- ordinary.
• bad (adjective)
- faulty,
- defective,
- cruddy,
- arrant,
- unsound,
- ill-suited,
- not good,
- displeasing,
- irremediable,
- wrong,
- inadvisable,
- poor,
- inadequate,
- wretched,
- grody,
- godawful,
- unfavorable,
- sad,
- vile,
- junky,
- black,
- unsatisfactory,
- baneful,
- unpleasant,
- invalid,
- bad,
- most inferior,
- bottom out,
- detrimental,
- the pits.
• baseborn (adjective)
- more lower class,
- more lower-class,
- most lowerclass,
- most lower class,
- lowerclass,
- lower-class,
- more lowerclass,
- most lower-class.
• bastard (adjective)
- mis begotten,
- mis-born,
- un genuine,
- most misborn,
- more ungenuine,
- Misborn,
- un-genuine,
- more misborn,
- more mongrel,
- most ungenuine,
- mis born,
- mis-begotten,
- ungenuine,
- impure,
- fakest,
- most mongrel.
• below normal (adjective)
- below average.
• below par (adjective)
- off-form,
- more off-form,
- off form,
- offform,
- most offform,
- not oneself,
- most off form,
- most off-form,
- more offform,
- more off form,
- under weather.
• cheap (adjective)
- cheesy.
• cheap, worth very little (adjective)
- two-bit.
• coarse (adjective)
- un finished,
- more chapped,
- most coarse grained,
- unprocessed,
- unpurified,
- more coarse-grained,
- chapped,
- coarse-grained,
- most roughhewn,
- more particulate,
- un purified,
- more rough hewn,
- granular,
- coarsegrained,
- most coarse-grained,
- un-polished,
- most rough hewn,
- more roughhewn,
- particulate,
- un-purified,
- most particulate,
- most coarsegrained,
- most unpurified,
- more rough-hewn,
- more unpurified,
- rough-hewn,
- roughhewn,
- un processed,
- more coarse grained,
- grainy,
- most rough-hewn,
- un polished,
- coarse grained,
- rough hewn,
- lumpy,
- more coarsegrained,
- un-processed,
- un-finished,
- poor quality,
- most chapped.
• common (adjective)
- second class,
- un-distinguished,
- un distinguished,
- lowgrade,
- more characterless,
- low grade,
- most characterless,
- hackest,
- prosiest,
- prosy,
- secondclass,
- prosier,
- characterless,
- middling,
- second-class.
• contemptible (adjective)
- lowdown,
- most swinish,
- dis gusting,
- scurvier,
- more currish,
- swinish,
- more low down,
- low-down,
- currish,
- most lowdown,
- scummiest,
- most outcast,
- out-cast,
- most despisable,
- un worthiest,
- dis-gusting,
- de-testable,
- scurviest,
- heelest,
- un worthier,
- Heeler,
- outcast,
- more lowdown,
- de-generate,
- most low-down,
- heel,
- more swinish,
- un-worthier,
- scummier,
- de generate,
- de testable,
- more outcast,
- more low-down,
- low down,
- un-worthiest,
- out cast,
- most low down,
- Despisable,
- scurvy,
- scummy,
- more despisable.
• crappy (adjective)
- sub-par.
• crummy (adjective)
- grottiest,
- most third rate,
- grotty,
- most thirdrate,
- grottier,
- most third-rate,
- third rate,
- more third rate,
- more third-rate,
- more thirdrate,
- thirdrate,
- third-rate.
• declassed (adjective)
- de classed,
- de-classed.
• deficient (adjective)
- rarest,
- unassembled,
- not cut out for,
- outta gas,
- third string,
- found wanting,
- not up to scratch,
- not enough,
- meager,
- incomplete,
- not make it,
- insufficient,
- flawed.
• dependent (adjective)
- de-pendent,
- un-sustaining,
- most humbled,
- most unsustaining,
- de-based,
- most abased,
- more abased,
- de based,
- more unsustaining,
- tied to apron strings,
- tied apron strings,
- under thumb,
- more humbled,
- un sustaining,
- most under,
- Unsustaining,
- more under,
- de pendent.
• despicable, shameful (adjective)
- contemptible.
• destitute, shabby (adjective)
- miserable.
• disappointing (adjective)
- unfulfilling,
- falling short.
• down (adjective)
- more declining,
- de scending,
- most nether,
- most sliding,
- more earthward,
- bottomward,
- groundward,
- more dropping,
- more slipping,
- de-scending,
- more nether,
- most cascading,
- more underneath,
- more downgrade,
- most precipitating,
- slipping,
- de-pressed,
- more precipitating,
- more sagging,
- more gravitating,
- most gravitating,
- most slipping,
- most declining,
- most groundward,
- more slumping,
- under-neath,
- most bottomward,
- most slumping,
- de pressed,
- most dropping,
- most sagging,
- to bottom,
- more cascading,
- most earthward,
- Earthward,
- more sliding,
- most underneath,
- under neath,
- the bottom,
- more bottomward,
- most downgrade,
- more groundward,
- to the bottom.
• extremely compliant (adjective)
- subservient.
• feeble (adjective)
- puny.
• garden-variety (adjective)
- cut and dried,
- more p,
- garden variety,
- most p,
- gardenvariety,
- P.
• ignoble (adjective)
- dis graceful,
- dis-graceful,
- menial,
- in famous,
- de-graded,
- dis-honorable,
- more peasant,
- dis honorable,
- un-washed,
- most peasant,
- un washed,
- de graded.
• illegitimate (adjective)
- bastard.
• immature (adjective)
- young.
• inconsiderable (adjective)
- inconsiderable,
- of no account.
• ineffective (adjective)
- more emasculate,
- in-effective,
- most slackspined,
- un available,
- in effective,
- slack spined,
- un-available,
- most emasculate,
- not effective,
- ineffective,
- slack-spined,
- slackspined,
- most slack-spined,
- no go,
- more slack-spined,
- more slackspined,
- most slack spined,
- no way,
- more slack spined.
• ineffective/ineffectual (adjective)
- more neutralized,
- forceless,
- in-decisive,
- in-effectual,
- null void,
- in-operative,
- invertebrate,
- in vertebrate,
- un productive,
- un-productive,
- more invertebrate,
- in-efficient,
- null and void,
- most invertebrate,
- un-ablest,
- most forceless,
- anti-climactic,
- de feasible,
- inefficient,
- most anticlimactic,
- in-competent,
- anti climactic,
- in competent,
- in operative,
- un availing,
- in decisive,
- more anticlimactic,
- defeasible,
- un fruitful,
- most neutralized,
- un profitable,
- un abler,
- more forceless,
- more ineffective,
- most defeasible,
- un-abler,
- anticlimactic,
- un-fruitful,
- in efficient,
- de-feasible,
- in nocuous,
- un ablest,
- un-successful,
- un-availing,
- un-profitable,
- in-vertebrate,
- in effectual,
- un successful,
- in-nocuous,
- more defeasible.
• ineffectual (adjective)
- inefficacious.
• inefficacious (adjective)
- in efficacious,
- in-efficacious.
• inferior (adjective)
- below,
- dependent,
- underling,
- subordinate,
- second,
- junior,
- lesser.
• insignificant, small (adjective)
- minor.
• junior (adjective)
- most secondstring,
- more secondstring,
- most second-string,
- more second string,
- second-string,
- secondstring,
- most second string,
- most junior,
- more second-string.
• less in rank, importance (adjective)
- peon,
- subsidiary,
- bottom,
- bottom-rung,
- secondary,
- subjacent,
- smaller,
- nether,
- minus,
- back seat,
- underneath,
- entry-level,
- second-fiddle,
- second-banana.
• lousy (adjective)
- slovenly,
- unwelcome.
• low (adjective)
- low-lying,
- ground level,
- uncostly,
- ground-level,
- cut-rate,
- rock bottom,
- unelevated,
- cut rate,
- marked down,
- rock-bottom,
- low-set,
- lowset,
- low-hanging,
- squatty,
- bottommost,
- not high.
• lowly (adjective)
- baseborn,
- Declassed.
• lowly, unworthy (adjective)
- ignoble.
• mean (adjective)
- down at heel,
- down-at-heel,
- lowborn,
- proletarian.
• mediocre (adjective)
- run of the mill,
- of poor quality,
- no great shakes,
- fairish.
• minor (adjective)
- in consequential,
- more smallfry,
- more younger,
- more small-fry,
- most younger,
- piddling,
- most smallfry,
- small-fry,
- small fry,
- most accessory,
- more small fry,
- most small-fry,
- most small fry,
- in-consequential,
- bushleague,
- smallfry,
- more accessory,
- below the mark,
- below mark,
- un-important.
• minor-league (adjective)
- minorleague,
- minor-league.
• miserable (adjective)
- poverty stricken,
- povertystricken.
• most wanting (adjective)
- worst.
• no-account (adjective)
- Drossy.
• no-good (adjective)
- no good,
- nogood.
• of no use; without value (adjective)
- worthless.
• ordinary (adjective)
- more unnoteworthy,
- most workaday,
- un noteworthy,
- stereo typed,
- white bread,
- more white bread,
- more workaday,
- workaday,
- whitebread,
- un memorable,
- un-remarkable,
- garden-variety,
- un-memorable,
- un-eventful,
- more garden,
- most white-bread,
- unnoteworthy,
- more unmemorable,
- most unmemorable,
- most unnoteworthy,
- white-bread,
- more white-bread,
- most white bread,
- un eventful,
- unmemorable,
- un-pretentious,
- more whitebread,
- most whitebread,
- most garden,
- un-noteworthy,
- un remarkable.
• petty (adjective)
- more pennyante,
- pennyante,
- in consequent,
- in-essential,
- scratcher,
- nickel-and-dime,
- most pennyante,
- most penny-ante,
- shoestring,
- most nickel and dime,
- small minded,
- smallminded,
- most nickel-and-dime,
- most pettifogging,
- more nickel-and-dime,
- scratchest,
- most peanut,
- narrow minded,
- in-consequent,
- more penny-ante,
- more pettifogging,
- more penny ante,
- more nickel and dime,
- nickel and dime,
- most penny ante,
- narrowminded,
- most shoestring,
- penny ante,
- in essential,
- more peanut,
- penny-ante,
- more shoestring.
• poor (adjective)
- poorer,
- SUBPAR.,
- subnormal,
- niggardly,
- crappy.
• poor; of or in inferior circumstances (adjective)
- mean.
• puny (adjective)
- most unconsequential,
- more unconsequential,
- un-developed,
- pint sized,
- un-substantial,
- most pint-sized,
- more half-pint,
- pint-sized,
- shrimpest,
- un-sounder,
- shrimper,
- halfpint,
- peewee,
- un-sound,
- more halfpint,
- zilchest,
- most zero,
- most pint sized,
- more pint-sized,
- un-soundest,
- more zero,
- in firmest,
- more nothing,
- zilcher,
- half pint,
- un-consequential,
- Unconsequential,
- most peewee,
- runtest,
- un sound,
- more half pint,
- more pint sized,
- more peewee,
- under sized,
- runter,
- un consequential,
- in-firmer,
- in-firmest,
- under-sized,
- most half-pint,
- half-pint,
- shrimp,
- un substantial,
- in firm,
- most half pint,
- most halfpint,
- most nothing,
- un sounder,
- in firmer.
• rude, offensive (adjective)
- vulgar.
• second (adjective)
- more runner up,
- most runner up,
- most runner-up,
- most reproduction,
- runner up,
- placer,
- re-production,
- runnerup,
- runner-up,
- most runnerup,
- most another,
- placest,
- next order,
- more runner-up,
- more reproduction,
- sub sequent,
- more runnerup,
- more another,
- next in order,
- sub-sequent.
• second-rate (adjective)
- most second best,
- more second best,
- most secondrate,
- most secondbest,
- secondbest,
- more secondbest,
- most second-best,
- second rate,
- secondrate,
- more second-best.
• second-rate in quality (adjective)
- below par.
• secondary (adjective)
- most substract,
- most reserve,
- more substract,
- re lief,
- reliefest,
- re-liefest,
- re liefest,
- re-lief,
- reliefer,
- re-liefer,
- Substract,
- more reserve,
- re serve,
- most backup,
- more backup,
- re-serve,
- re liefer.
• servile (adjective)
- attending,
- submissive,
- dutiful,
- groveling,
- feudal,
- curtsying,
- Genuflecting,
- biddable,
- docile,
- Subjected,
- willing,
- deferential,
- kowtowing,
- servile,
- acquiescent,
- browbeaten,
- slavish,
- devoted,
- yielding,
- obedient,
- downtrodden,
- complaisant.
• shoddy (adjective)
- brokendown,
- un respectable,
- in-glorious,
- most unrespectable,
- broken down,
- in glorious,
- dis creditable,
- schlocky,
- dis-reputable,
- not to snuff,
- not snuff,
- un-respectable,
- dis reputable,
- not up snuff,
- more unrespectable,
- unrespectable,
- dis-creditable,
- not up to snuff.
• small (adjective)
- un essential,
- un-essential.
• smalltime (adjective)
- small time.
• subject (adjective)
- bound by,
- more subaltern,
- pro visional,
- governed,
- most satellite,
- more enslaved,
- in danger of,
- at one’s feet,
- at ones feet,
- at one feet,
- sub missive,
- sub best,
- ex-posed,
- at feet,
- subber,
- dis posed,
- more subjugated,
- subbest,
- sub-best,
- dis-posed,
- pro-nest,
- more satellite,
- ex posed,
- most enslaved,
- enslaved,
- most subjugated,
- most subaltern.
• subordinate (adjective)
- adjuvant,
- Subalternate,
- underaverage.
• subservient (adjective)
- at one’s beck and call,
- most sycophantic,
- at ones mercy,
- in power,
- at mercy,
- a slave to,
- in ones clutches,
- at ones beck and call,
- in clutches,
- at one’s beck call,
- in one pocket,
- in one’s pocket,
- in one clutches,
- under one thumb,
- at one beck call,
- dancing,
- in one’s clutches,
- more bootlicking,
- flunkiest,
- at beck call,
- most cowering,
- in ones power,
- at one beck and call,
- in one power,
- most appurtenant,
- in one’s power,
- appurtenant,
- more sycophantic,
- at beck and call,
- flunkier,
- in pocket,
- sycophantic,
- more dancing,
- in ones pocket,
- at one’s mercy,
- most bootlicking,
- re signed,
- at one mercy,
- under ones thumb,
- most dancing,
- under one’s thumb,
- at ones beck call,
- more cowering,
- re-signed,
- more appurtenant.
• trashy (adjective)
- low in quality.
• two-bit (adjective)
- more rinky dink,
- most rinky dink,
- catchpenny,
- rinkydink,
- more rinky-dink,
- most catchpenny,
- more rinkydink,
- more catchpenny,
- rinky-dink,
- most rinkydink,
- most rinky-dink,
- rinky dink,
- two bit,
- twobit.
• unacceptable (adjective)
- inappropriate,
- unsuitable,
- intolerable,
- untenable,
- unacceptable,
- inadmissible.
• unimportant (adjective)
- small.
• vulgar (adjective)
- soft-core,
- hard core.
• wanting (adjective)
- not good enough,
- be-reft,
- unfulfilled,
- be reft,
- not up to par,
- most away,
- un fulfilled,
- de void,
- too little too late,
- un-fulfilled,
- wanting,
- not up par,
- in default,
- most cooked,
- not par,
- more unfulfilled,
- most unfulfilled,
- out gas,
- co-oked,
- more cooked,
- more away,
- co oked,
- de-void,
- not to par,
- out of gas.
• worst (adjective)
- un favorable,
- un-favorable.
• worthless (adjective)
- trashy,
- in utile,
- un-usable,
- most counterproductive,
- more profitless,
- no-account,
- wastest,
- in-utile,
- more counterproductive,
- un usable,
- counter productive,
- counter-productive,
- no-good,
- counterproductive,
- profitless,
- most profitless.
• wretched (adjective)
- down and out,
- un-happy,
- un-fortunate,
- un fortunate,
- un happier,
- most bummed,
- un happiest,
- more hurting,
- in the pits,
- dis-tressed,
- un happy,
- in pits,
- Bummed,
- dis tressed,
- more bummed.
• young (adjective)
- Newish,
- girllike,
- half-grown,
- unfledged,
- pubescent,
- not aged,
- boylike.
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adv.
• under (adverb)
- subsumed.
-
adv
• Other relevant words: (adverb)
- under.
• under (adverb)
- concealed by,
- in the power of,
- pressed down,
- on the nether side,
- covered by,
- held down,
- on the bottom,
- on the underside.
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n.
-
•
- lost,
- over,
- ill at ease,
- shy,
- insecure,
- retiring,
- tentative,
- minor league,
- uncertain,
- unsure of yourself,
- timid,
- inhibited.
-
•
- stratum,
- level,
- status,
- echelon,
- caste,
- tier,
- ranking,
- rank,
- grade.
• base (noun)
- base.
• bum (noun)
- bum.
• cardboard (noun)
- cardboard.
• cheap (noun)
- cheap.
• cheapjack (noun)
- cheapjack.
• chintzy (noun)
- chintzy.
• coarse (noun)
- coarse.
• coarsened (noun)
- coarsened.
• commercial (noun)
- commercial.
• common (noun)
- common.
• crummy (noun)
- crummy.
• deficient (noun)
- deficient.
• deplorable (noun)
- deplorable.
• execrable (noun)
- execrable.
• flimsy (noun)
- flimsy.
• humble (noun)
- humble.
• junior-grade (noun)
- junior-grade.
• less (noun)
- less.
• low-grade (noun)
- low-grade.
• lower-ranking (noun)
- lower-ranking.
• lowly (noun)
- lowly.
• middle-level (noun)
- middle-level.
• modest (noun)
- modest.
• nonstandard (noun)
- nonstandard.
• one who finishes second (noun)
- second best.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- nothing special,
- next best,
- second stringer,
- next to best,
- second-best,
- subaltern.
• outclassed (noun)
- outclassed.
• person of lesser rank, importance (noun)
- deputy,
- follower,
- adherent,
- hireling,
- auxiliary,
- hanger-on,
- minion,
- disciple,
- sycophant,
- second banana,
- satellite,
- attendant.
• ropey (noun)
- ropey.
• ropy (noun)
- ropy.
• scrawny (noun)
- scrawny.
• scrubby (noun)
- scrubby.
• second best (noun)
- nothing specials,
- second-rates,
- next bests,
- second rates,
- secondrates.
• shoddy (noun)
- shoddy.
• sleazy (noun)
- sleazy.
• stunted (noun)
- stunted.
• subaltern (noun)
- sub altern,
- sub-altern.
• subordinate (noun)
- poor relation,
- dependents,
- juniors,
- serf.
• subscript (noun)
- subscript.
• substandard (noun)
- substandard.
• tawdry (noun)
- tawdry.
• tinny (noun)
- tinny.
• underling (noun)
- second stringers.
• utility (noun)
- utility.
• utility-grade (noun)
- utility-grade.
• woeful (noun)
- woeful.
-
prep.
• below (preposition)
- un worthy,
- un-worthy.
-
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)
- lower,
- position,
- reduction.
-
Other synonyms:
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•
- low,
- undistinguished,
- unspectacular,
- smalltime,
- low quality,
- unimpressive,
- Overrated,
- unsatisfying,
- livable,
- bearable,
- unusable,
- fallible,
- makeshift.
-
•
- down,
- iffy,
- unfit.
-
•
- crack-up,
- shabby.
-
•
- jar.
• divisional
- district.
• petty
- petty,
- trivial.
• unsatisfactory
- disappointing.
• worse
- impoverished,
- pale,
- worse,
- retrogressive,
- degenerate,
- backward,
- retrograde,
- sugar-coated.
How to use «Inferior» in context?
The term «inferior» has many different meanings and can be used to describe a range of things. In general, it can refer to something that is lower in quality or standing than something else. It can also be used to refer to someone or something who is not as good as others. Inferiority can be a source of frustration, demoralization, and even anger.
Inferiority can be a product of natural abilities or innate circumstance. There are always people who are better than others at some things, no matter how hard they try.
Paraphrases for Inferior:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Independent
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Adjective
bad, diminished, disadvantaged, inadequate, insufficient, junior, lesser, low-grade, low-level, lower-ranking, mediocre, minor, shoddy, short, smallest, substandard, weak, worst, shorter, low-quality, sub-standard, lower-level.
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Proper noun, singular
less.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
less, poor.
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Proper noun, singular
lower.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Inferior:
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n.
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person
follower.
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Nearby words
- inference
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inferior [ɪnˈfɪərɪə] прил
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низший, нижний, низкий, невысокий
(lower, low)
- inferior court – суд низшей инстанции
- inferior conjunction – нижнее соединение
- inferior quality – низкое качество
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худший, плохой
(worst, bad)
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неполноценный, плохонький, второсортный, посредственный
(defective, second, mediocre)
- inferior food – неполноценное питание
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некачественный, недоброкачественный, некондиционный
(substandard)
- inferior goods – некачественный товар
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младший
(younger)
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низкопробный
(base)
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малоценный
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inferior [ɪnˈfɪərɪə] прич
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подчиненный
(subordinated)
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уступающий
(second)
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ухудшенный
(degraded)
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inferior [ɪnˈfɪərɪə] сущ
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неполноценностьж
(inferiority)
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низкое качество
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adjective | ||
низший | lower, inferior, low, subordinate, under, undermost | |
нижний | lower, bottom, under, inferior, nether, caudal | |
худший | worse, inferior, downscale | |
подчиненный | subordinate, subject, inferior, under, subdued, subservient | |
плохой | bad, poor, ill, low, inferior, wretched | |
подстрочный | interlinear, inferior | |
расположенный ниже | subjacent, underneath, inferior | |
нижележащий | inferior | |
noun | ||
подчиненный | subordinate, inferior, sub, secondary, dependent, junior | |
младший по чину | inferior | |
стоящий ниже | inferior |
Предложения со словом «inferior»
A weak human player plus a machine plus a better process is superior to a very powerful machine alone, but more remarkably, is superior to a strong human player plus machine and an inferior process. |
Слабый игрок плюс компьютер плюс мастерское управление превосходят не только более мощную машину, но, что ещё поразительнее, превосходят сильного игрока плюс компьютер при неэффективном управлении. |
Heaven does not create people superior or inferior |
На Небесах людей не делят на высших и низших. |
No good can come from fraternising with inferior races. |
Не будет ничего хорошего от братания с низшими расами. |
I consider the latter inferior and actually I do not have friends among them. |
Я считаю последних примитивными, практически у меня нет друзей среди них. |
It’s a debatable question, I guess, for we are not expected to judge who is inferior , are we? |
Это спорный вопрос, я думаю, не нам судить, кто лучше и кто хуже, не так ли? |
All inferior creatures are to be considered the enemy of the Daleks and destroyed. |
Все низшие существа считаются врагами Далеков и подлежат уничтожению. |
And the warrior caste says we should have nothing to do with violent, inferior cultures. |
А каста военных утверждает, что нам нечего делать с низшей, воинственной культурой. |
Subconsciously they feel humans to be inferior and the First Law which protects us from them is imperfect. |
Подсознательно они чувствуют, что человек ниже их, а Первый Закон, защищающий нас от них, нарушен. |
I found a superficial incision at the inferior margin on the anterior aspect of the body of the hyoid. |
Я нашел поверхностный надрез на нижней части передней стороны подъязычной кости. |
We found kerf marks on both the scapulas, and on the inferior margin of the manubrium. |
Мы нашли зазубрины на обеих лопатках и на нижнем крае грудины. |
A circumstance which greatly tended to enhance the tyranny of the nobility, and the sufferings of the inferior classes, arose from the consequences of the Conquest by Duke William of Normandy. |
Завоевание Англии норманским герцогом Вильгельмом значительно усилило тиранию феодалов и углубило страдания низших сословий. |
But it is necessary that the inferior classes should continue to be taught to know their position, and to conduct themselves properly. |
Но необходимо просвещать низшие классы, чтобы они знали свое положение и вели себя соответственно. |
She can carry on two conversations at once, and she likes to brag about it to make us feel inferior . |
Джейн может вести два разговора одновременно и любит этим хвастаться, чтобы мы чувствовали себя ущербными. |
It is considerably inferior to Kharkov in population and geographical position. |
По количеству народонаселения и по своему географическому положению он значительно уступает Харькову. |
Hari Seldon clearly did not think she was his inferior . |
Гэри Селдон определенно не считал, что она в чем — то ниже его. |
Blame rests with human Hubert Farnsworth and his tiny inferior brain. |
Благодаря тому, что доверился известному человеческому профессору Фарнсворту и его ничтожно малому примитивному мозгу. |
These inferior substitutes often imply exorbitant costs for borrowers — and financing that is usually too short term for productive investment activity. |
Эти низкокачественные суррогаты часто подразумевают заоблачные проценты по займам — и финансирование, обычно слишком краткосрочное для продуктивных инвестиций. |
Adolescent girls are often treated as inferior to boys and socialized to have low self-esteem. |
К подросткам — девочкам часто относятся хуже, чем к мальчикам, и они приучаются к низкой самооценке. |
They have denied them medical assistance, or provided it at an inferior level, or charged a higher price than for nationals. |
Они отказывали им в медицинской помощи или предоставляли медицинские услуги в меньшем объеме и более низкого качества либо взимали с них более высокую плату, чем со своих граждан. |
Violence against women was an inherently political issue because wherever women were considered to be subordinate or inferior there would be violence. |
Насилие в отношении женщин является чисто политическим вопросом, поскольку повсюду, где считается, что женщина занимает подчиненное или более низкое положение, там будет насилие. |
Place your thumbs along her bottom teeth, then push inferior and posterior. |
Помести пальцы вдоль нижних зубов, а потом нажми вниз и назад. |
Use of inferior insulation material in the construction of internal bulkheads will disqualify the manufacturer from using the above facility. |
В случае использования изоляционных материалов более низкого качества в конструкции внутренних перегородок изготовитель лишается права выполнять вышеупомянутые монтажные работы. |
Major to nursery is getting healthy offspring, with stable type, according to their breed qualities are not inferior to modern standards. |
Основной целью питомника является получение здорового потомства, с устойчивым типом, по своим породным качествам не уступающих современному стандарту. |
The reclaimed rubber is inferior in quality to the original rubber. |
Качество регенерата каучука ниже, чем у исходного каучука. |
You can add to that list religion that tells women they are inferior to men and religion that says science is the enemy of faith. |
Вы можете добавить к этому списку религию, которая говорит женщинам, что они уступают мужчинам в развитии, религию, которая утверждает, что наука враждебна вере. |
All the alternatives are inferior : they either involve transfer payments, perpetuate an uneven playing field, or both. |
Все остальные варианты хуже: они либо предусматривают трансфертные платежи, либо увековечивают неравные условия, либо включают в себя и то, и другое. |
You are my equal; not my inferior or superior. |
Ты мне равный, не выше и не ниже меня. |
Similarly, inefficient state banks — far inferior to private banks even in Kazakhstan or Ukraine — dominate the banking system. |
Точно так же неэффективные государственные банки — которые гораздо хуже, чем частные банки даже в Казахстане или на Украине — доминируют в банковской системе. |
It’s not because those are inferior products or even that Europe is currently a pressurized water reactor market. |
Не потому что Westinghouse производит некачественную продукцию, и не потому что Европа сегодня в основном закупает реакторы, охлаждаемые водой под давлением. |
Most of the children I grew up with received an inferior education that did not train them for university or skilled jobs. |
Большинство из тех детей, с которыми я вместе рос, получили недостаточное образование, которое не подготовило их к поступлению в университет или к квалифицированной работе. |
All right, inferior or superior process of the distal phalange, Doctor? |
Ладно, верхний или нижний отросток дистальной фаланги, доктор? |
Moreover, the schools most Roma children attend are separate, segregated, and inferior . |
Кроме того, школы, которые посещают большинство детей — цыган, отдельные, сегрегированные и не престижные. |
Former Mujahidin, the Afghan Government and the current Taliban are allied in the desire to keep women in an inferior position. |
Бывшие моджахеды, афганское правительство и нынешние талибы едины в своем желании удерживать женщин в подчиненном положении. |
It turned out that the Soviets’ missile threat was massively inferior to U.S. strategic and conventional capabilities. |
Но оказалось, что советская ракетная угроза была переоценена, а советский арсенал существенно уступал американскому – как по ракетно — ядерным, так и по обычным вооружениям. |
Goods of inferior quality will be returned on account and risk of the deliverer. |
Товары низкого качества возвращаются поставщику за его счет и на его страх и риск. |
They see us as a reminder of a humiliating defeat and look down on us as inferior stock that isn’t sufficiently Mexican. |
Они видят в нас напоминание об унизительных поражениях и относятся к нам как к людям второго сорта, как к ненастоящим мексиканцам. |
My instructor and I were told to sit at a lower level, which succeeded in making us feel inferior . |
Моего инструктора и меня попросили занять места на более низком уровне, в результате чего невольно возникало ощущение превосходства сидящих за столом членов комиссии. |
You feel humiliated and inferior . |
Чувствуешь себя униженным и неполноценным. |
Overall, ship repair facilities must be judged as inferior to their western counterparts. |
В целом российские судоремонтные предприятия существенно уступают западным заводам. |
Nonetheless, it would be difficult to deem them inferior , given their medium-to-long-term advantages. |
Тем не менее, принимая во внимание среднесрочные и долгосрочные преимущества, переход к низкоуглеродной экономике необходим. |
It was a manpower shortage that led to the fall of the Crusader Kingdoms of Outremer, not inferior fighting skill. |
В реальности же причиной падения государств крестоносцев Утремера послужила нехватка людских ресурсов, а не примитивные навыки ведения боя. |
Wares of inferior quality will be returned at the cost of the supplier. |
Товары низкого качества высылаются назад за счет поставщика. |
It did, however, generate about $1 billion of revenue for Apple every year, even though it was inferior to similar devices from Amazon, Roku and Google. |
Однако этот проигрыватель ежегодно приносил Apple около одного миллиарда долларов дохода, хотя он уступает похожим устройствам Amazon, Roku и Google. |
There is no reason for you to feel inferior to anyone. |
Нет причины чувствовать себя ниже других. |
I want you to watch how I elevate the caudal portion of the right inferior horn while still attached to the pericardial fat pad. |
Я хочу, чтобы вы смотрели как я подниму каудальную часть правого желудочка, пока буду сшивать жировой слой перикарда. |
Your dad insisted I use an inferior primer. |
Твой отец твердо решил сэкономить на грунтовке. |
The same taste, the same imagination, which luxuriously riots in these elegant scenes, can be amused with objects of far inferior note. |
Тот же вкус и то же воображение, которые упиваются этими изысканными сценами, могут, однако, найти удовольствие и в предметах гораздо более скромных. |
Friedrich Nietzsche, believed that morality is just a fiction used by the herd of inferior human beings to hold back the few superior men. |
Фридрих Ницше, верил, что моральность это просто фикция, используемая толпой посредственностей чтобы подавлять исключительных людей. |
Because I am not gonna lend my name to an inferior product. |
Потому что я не собираюсь предоставлять своё имя под низкокачественный продукт. |
Impossible, said Mary, relapsing into her usual tone; husbands are an inferior class of men, who require keeping in order. |
Это невозможно, — возразила Мэри, вновь возвращаясь к привычной шутливости. — Мужья относятся к низшему разряду людей, и за ними надо строго присматривать. |
They bravely sacrificed their lives… to show the world that we will not conform to an inferior species. |
Они храбро пожертвовали собой. Чтобы показать миру, что мы не станем подчиняться низшим видам. |
Their world is far gone in its cooling and this world is still crowded with life, but crowded only with what they regard as inferior animals. |
Их мир начал уже охлаждаться, а на Земле все еще кипит жизнь, но это жизнь каких — то низших тварей. |
No, I’m gonna be competing with inferior equipment. |
Нет. Я буду выступать с плохим снаряжением. |
Hence the looseness of their morality, and hence the reproach heaped upon them by inferior minds. |
Отсюда беспорядочность их жизни, отсюда и те упреки, которыми их осыпают люди ограниченные. |
The frustrated wretch who professes love for the inferior and clings to those less endowed, in order to establish his own superiority by comparison. |
А вот несчастная посредственность, которая проповедует любовь к нижестоящим и тянется к тем, кто ещё более обделён, чтобы утвердиться в своём сравнительном превосходстве. |
Our numbers are vastly inferior . |
В количестве людей мы значительно уступаем. |
What I am asking is, were these people able to treat you as an inferior , simply because they were rich and you were poor? |
Я спрашиваю, могли эти люди обращаться с вами как с низшим только потому, что они богатые, а вы бедный? |
Nothing readily apparent, but look at the inferior margin of the L4 vertebra. |
Ничего очевидно выраженного, но взгляните на нижний край позвонка Л4. |
It was in that tray there, with a cowrie necklace and a red Indian headdress and one or two crude wooden idols and some inferior jade beads. |
Они были выставлены вон на том блюде, вместе с ожерельем из раковин каури, индейским головным убором, деревянным идолом и жадеитовыми бусами. |
Outline resembles the inferior species known as Cyber men. |
Контур напоминает разновидность, известную как Кибермэны. |
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inferior
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noun
Definition of inferior
as in subordinate
one who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another
she is nice to her inferiors as well as to her superiors
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subordinate
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junior
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underling
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minion
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henchman
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assistant
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sidekick
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follower
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domestic
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steward
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attendant
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second
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deputy
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aid
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menial
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adjutant
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aide
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retainer
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lackey
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mate
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second fiddle
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flunkey
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coadjutor
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flunky
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flunkie
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helpmate
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helpmeet
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superior
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master
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leader
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chief
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head
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boss
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captain
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foreman
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senior
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headman
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helmsman
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kingpin
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taskmaster
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master
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leader
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head
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captain
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foreman
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inferior
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adjective
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as in lower
situated lower down
creatures that inhabit the dark, inferior depths of the ocean
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lower
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lowest
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nether
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underlying
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nethermost
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higher
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superior
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upper
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highest
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uppermost
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overhead
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overhanging
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higher
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superior
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upper
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highest
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uppermost
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as in minor
of little or less value or merit
a girl who has always felt inferior to her older sister
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minor
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mean
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smaller
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secondary
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second—class
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lesser
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second—rate
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lower
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subordinate
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ordinary
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inadequate
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petty
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defective
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unsatisfactory
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average
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low—level
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middling
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insufficient
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junior
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under
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deficient
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wrong
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unacceptable
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common
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bad
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amiss
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slighter
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fair
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littler
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low—rent
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jerkwater
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one—horse
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small—time
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two—bit
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higher
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superior
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greater
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primary
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senior
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first—class
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exceptional
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adequate
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sufficient
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acceptable
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select
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choice
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high—grade
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premium
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selected
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first—class
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sufficient
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acceptable
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choice
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high—grade
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premium
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as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
at one time, the upper crust liked to believe that inferior people were fit only to be servants
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low
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plebeian
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lower—class
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lowly
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ignoble
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humble
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poor
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proletarian
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vulgar
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common
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unwashed
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lumpen
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low—life
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mean
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lowborn
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prole
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baseborn
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bourgeois
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middle—class
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plain
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simple
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working—class
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downscale
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déclassé
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down—market
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high
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great
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aristocratic
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noble
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upper—class
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lofty
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gentle
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grand
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genteel
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patrician
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upper—crust
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eminent
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prominent
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highbred
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notable
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illustrious
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wellborn
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highborn
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blue—blooded
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high
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great
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aristocratic
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noble
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upper—class
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lofty
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gentle
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grand
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genteel
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patrician
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upper—crust
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eminent
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prominent
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highbred
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wellborn
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as in unacceptable
falling short of a standard
an inferior science textbook that was out-of-date the day that it was published
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unacceptable
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poor
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wrong
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lame
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deficient
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bad
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flawed
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substandard
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terrible
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pathetic
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awful
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horrible
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unsatisfactory
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disastrous
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wretched
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subpar
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suboptimal
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crummy
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bastard
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lacking
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brutal
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dreadful
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lousy
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inadequate
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defective
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sour
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from hunger
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ill
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dissatisfactory
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wanting
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off
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paltry
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bush
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crumby
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lesser
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useless
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rotten
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worthless
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under par
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bush—league
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punk
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wack
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insufficient
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miserable
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below par
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abysmal
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gross
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short
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faulty
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mediocre
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detestable
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deplorable
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atrocious
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damnable
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vile
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second—rate
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common
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execrable
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unspeakable
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shoddy
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low—grade
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abominable
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crappy
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horrendous
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stinky
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valueless
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egregious
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odious
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low—rent
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sucky
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flagrant
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reprehensible
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coarse
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gnarly
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bum
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meager
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trashy
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cheesy
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scanty
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meagre
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miserly
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rubbishy
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shabby
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skimpy
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bitchin’
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stingy
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cut—rate
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villainous
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sleazy
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counterfeit
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mean
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junky
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fake
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phoney
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spare
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niggardly
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phony
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scurrilous
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sham
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miscreant
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skimp
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standard
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acceptable
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superior
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fine
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decent
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okay
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all right
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respectable
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tolerable
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classical
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passable
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excellent
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better
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great
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OK
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classic
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divine
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perfect
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prime
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special
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top
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splendid
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first—class
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noble
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superb
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superlative
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sufficient
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wonderful
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mean
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premium
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heavenly
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stellar
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terrific
-
choice
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marvellous
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sensational
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exceptional
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marvelous
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grand
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average
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par excellence
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unsurpassed
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fabulous
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neat
-
banner
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high—grade
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slick
-
sterling
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swell
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fancy
-
capital
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mediocre
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A1
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keen
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dandy
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boss
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minimal
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nifty
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borderline
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suitable
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worthy
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fair
-
first—rate
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useful
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middling
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top—notch
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supernal
-
high—test
-
groovy
-
tip—top
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crackerjack
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bang—up
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unexceptional
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satisfying
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jim—dandy
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gratifying
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so—so
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adequate
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standard
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satisfactory
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acceptable
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superior
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fine
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decent
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okay
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all right
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respectable
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tolerable
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classical
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passable
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excellent
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better
-
great
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OK
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classic
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divine
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perfect
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prime
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special
-
top
-
splendid
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first—class
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noble
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superb
-
superlative
-
sufficient
-
wonderful
-
mean
-
premium
-
heavenly
-
stellar
-
terrific
-
choice
-
marvellous
-
sensational
-
exceptional
-
marvelous
-
grand
-
average
-
par excellence
-
unsurpassed
-
fabulous
-
neat
-
banner
-
high—grade
-
slick
-
sterling
-
swell
-
fancy
-
capital
-
mediocre
-
A1
-
keen
-
dandy
-
boss
-
minimal
-
nifty
-
borderline
-
suitable
-
worthy
-
fair
-
first—rate
-
useful
-
middling
-
top—notch
-
supernal
-
high—test
-
groovy
-
tip—top
-
crackerjack
-
bang—up
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unexceptional
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satisfying
-
jim—dandy
-
gratifying
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so—so
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5
as in lesser
having not so great importance or rank as another
an inferior officer cannot strike a superior under any circumstances
Synonyms & Similar Words
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lesser
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less
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smaller
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lower
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subordinate
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small
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junior
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minor
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secondary
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petty
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second—class
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little
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auxiliary
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second—rate
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associate
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subsidiary
-
mean
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jerkwater
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one—horse
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two—bit
-
minute
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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more
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higher
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superior
-
greater
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major
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primary
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prime
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senior
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superordinate
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exceptional
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first—class
-
first—rate
-
choice
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more
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higher
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superior
-
greater
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major
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primary
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prime
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senior
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superordinate
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exceptional
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first—class
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first—rate
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choice
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6
as in poor
of low quality
inferior chocolate candy that no serious chocolate lover would think of eating
Synonyms & Similar Words
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poor
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terrible
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cheap
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bad
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rotten
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coarse
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common
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worthless
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mediocre
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useless
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wretched
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second—rate
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shoddy
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low—grade
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miserable
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crappy
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low—rent
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lousy
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rubbishy
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execrable
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counterfeit
-
bum
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trashy
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gimcrack
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cheesy
-
junky
-
fake
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cut—rate
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sleazy
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schlocky
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cheapjack
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shlocky
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bargain—basement
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valueless
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trumpery
-
shlock
-
schlock
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second—class
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indifferent
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lackluster
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el cheapo
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meretricious
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showy
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gaudy
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tawdry
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garish
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ostentatious
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swanky
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shabby
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flashy
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kitschy
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tacky
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glitzy
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swank
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kitsch
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sham
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phoney
-
seedy
-
phony
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splashy
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brummagem
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ultracheap
-
supercheap
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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superior
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excellent
-
good
-
fine
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first—class
-
high—grade
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elegant
-
handsome
-
first—rate
-
tasteful
-
top—notch
-
polished
-
refined
-
handcrafted
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superior
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excellent
-
good
-
fine
-
first—class
-
high—grade
-
elegant
-
handsome
-
first—rate
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tasteful
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top—notch
-
polished
-
refined
-
handcrafted
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