English-Spanish translations for inferior

• inferior
  Superior stabat lupus longeque inferior agnus. Superior stabat lupus longeque inferior agnus.
  ¿Consideramos inferiores a otras personas? Do we consider others inferior?
  Se pensaba que las mujeres tenían una función inferior, subordinada. Women were seen to have an inferior, subordinate role.

Definition of inferior

• of lower quality
• of lower rank
• located below
• Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx
• Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is
• Below the horizon
• a person of lower stature to another

Examples

• Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
• an inferior officer
• an inferior figure or letter
• the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus
• the inferior part of a meridian
• As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want

Related words

• inferiority
• inferiorly
• posteroinferior
• anteroinferior
• inferior court
• inferior conjunction
• inferior planet
• inferior nasal concha
• inferior vena cava