inferior

adj 1: of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant: {superior}]

2: of low or inferior quality [ant: {superior}]

3: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly

corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate

functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {lower}, {lower-ranking},

{lowly}, {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern}, {subordinate}]

4: (printing) written or printed below and to one side of

another character [syn: {subscript}] [ant: {adscript}, {superscript}]

5: (astronomy) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's

orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [ant: {superior}]

6: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"

[syn: {deficient}, {substandard}]

n 1: one of lesser rank or station or quality [ant: {superior}]

2: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or

slightly below and to the side of another character [syn:

{subscript}] [ant: {superscript}]