inferior
US: /ˌɪnˈfɪɹiɝ/
UK: /ɪnfˈiəɹɪɐ/
UK: /ɪnfˈiəɹɪɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
inferior /in'fiəriə/
- tính từ
- dưới
- thấp hơn, kém; thấp kém, tồi (vật...)
- (thực vật học) hạ, dưới (bầu hoa)
- danh từ
- người cấp dưới
- vật loại kém
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun
+ adjective
1 ~ (to sb/sth) not as good as sb/sth else: of inferior quality + inferior goods / workmanship + to make sb feel inferior + Modern music is often considered inferior to that of the past.
2 [usually before noun] (formal) of lower rank; lower: an inferior officer / court
Antonym: SUPERIOR
+ noun
a person who is not as good as sb else; a person who is lower in rank or status
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 lower, nether:
We descended into the inferior regions of the cavern. The numeral in H2O is called an inferior character
2 lesser, lower, subordinate, secondary, junior, minor, unimportant, insignificant, lowly, subservient, humble, servile:
He occupies an inferior position in the company.
3 poor, bad, low-quality, mediocre, indifferent, imperfect, defective, second-rate, second-class, substandard, low-grade, shoddy, gimcrack, Colloq grotty, junky, crummy or crumby, lousy, Slang crappy, Brit naff:
They tried to market an inferior product, but it was rejected by consumers.
n.
4 subordinate, underling, junior, menial, lackey, flunkey, dogsbody, cat's-paw, doormat, stooge, yes-man, lickspittle, bootlicker:
She is tired of being treated as an inferior.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
intellectual, social
VERB + INFERIOR
consider sb
She considered everyone her intellectual inferior.
VERBS
be, feel, seem
Her obvious popularity made me feel inferior.
| consider sb/sth, regard sb/sth as, see sb/sth as
Women are often regarded as inferior.
ADV.
decidedly, distinctly, greatly, markedly, significantly, vastly, very | slightly, somewhat | demonstrably | instrinsically | intellectually, morally, socially, technically
PREP.
in
These later paintings are slightly inferior in value.
| to
His later work was vastly inferior to his early work.
Concise English dictionary
inferiorsɪn'fɪrɪə(r) /-'fɪər-
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
adj.
+of or characteristic of low rank or importance
+of low or inferior quality
+inferior in rank or status
+written or printed below and to one side of another character
+having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
+lower than a given reference point
+falling short of some prescribed norm
