Inferior is an English word with synonyms like superior or low. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Inferior in a sentence
Related words
Inferior meaning
- Lower in rank, status, or quality.
- Of low rank, standard or quality.
Synonyms of Inferior
Inferior vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Inferior
- The main meaning on this page is: Lower in rank, status, or quality. | Lower in rank, status, or quality. | Of low rank, standard or quality.
- Useful related words include: superior, low, superscript, subscript.
- Possible Dutch translations are: inferieur, minderwaardig, ondergeschikt.
- In the example corpus, inferior often appears in combinations such as: inferior to, an inferior, as inferior.
Context around Inferior
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inferior
- In this selection, "inferior" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, limit, having, pitchers, pitchers, hitters and fielders stand out and add context to how "inferior" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accept their inferior status in, an inferior mirage is and limit inferior. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inferior" sits close to words such as apprehended, ba and depart, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inferior
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
By 1944 Japanese pilots were inferior in every way to their US counterparts. (13 words)
An inferior mirage is called "inferior" because the mirage is located under the real object. (15 words)
Bad Quality Links – You don’t want to get a cheap chain made of inferior materials. (16 words)
Everton have a two-point cushion over 18th-placed Leicester but an inferior goal difference so only a win will guarantee safety, although as long as the Foxes and Leeds do not get a better result then the Toffees will be safe. (42 words)
People were often held to be lawfully owned in this way because they were seen as inferior to those who owned them, due to their race or to being members of a culture regarded as inferior. (36 words)
For decades, the Ashkenazi leadership assumed the religious right, especially the Mizrahim and Haredim, would accept their inferior status in Israel’s Jewish hierarchy so long as they were bought off with privileges over the Palestinians. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Somehow, despite having inferior pitchers, inferior hitters, inferior fielders, an inferior manager, an inferior ballpark, inferior pizza, etc., those dastardly Redbirds basically have as good a chance to win the NL Central as the Cubs.
People were often held to be lawfully owned in this way because they were seen as inferior to those who owned them, due to their race or to being members of a culture regarded as inferior.
An inferior mirage is called "inferior" because the mirage is located under the real object.
In an inferior conjunction, the superior planet is "in opposition " to the Sun as seen from the inferior planet.
Limit inferior is also called infimum limit, liminf, inferior limit, lower limit, or inner limit; limit superior is also known as supremum limit, limit supremum, limsup, superior limit, upper limit, or outer limit.
The filter base ("of tails") generated by this sequence is defined by : Therefore, the limit inferior and limit superior of the sequence are equal to the limit superior and limit inferior of respectively.
The New Paradigm Daleks deem their creators inferior and exterminate them; their creators make no resistance to this, deeming themselves inferior as well.
A 13-inch screen might sound small and inferior to a 17-inch device but it generally means it’s far more portable.
Also, the bill may reinforce the social construct that we have long been trying to break: that women are naturally inferior to men because of these innate processes that occur within their bodies.
And for the flu side we were pretty gratified because our immune responses were non-inferior to all four strains for both vaccines and we're actually superior for all the A strains.
Bad Quality Links – You don’t want to get a cheap chain made of inferior materials.
But for a complexion that will even leave the Tik Tok Bold Glamour filter feeling inferior, we suggest making it a staple of your skincare regime.
But, I have other references to know what it feels like to be discriminated against and treated as somebody inferior, and that’s my gender.
But the real culprits were (and are), that the company is spending way too much on materials, shipping costs and production, inferior quality that has led to too many recalls and inefficiencies throughout its operations.
By 1944 Japanese pilots were inferior in every way to their US counterparts.
Despite Metascores being shown, some games are ranked higher or lower due to a superior or inferior co-op experience compared to others.
Everton have a two-point cushion over 18th-placed Leicester but an inferior goal difference so only a win will guarantee safety, although as long as the Foxes and Leeds do not get a better result then the Toffees will be safe.
For decades, the Ashkenazi leadership assumed the religious right, especially the Mizrahim and Haredim, would accept their inferior status in Israel’s Jewish hierarchy so long as they were bought off with privileges over the Palestinians.
From Anthony Hopkins to Leonardo DiCaprio, many of the finest actors working today have lent their talents to inferior projects.
If he had been born with both fire and ice capabilities, as Endeavor wanted, Dabi might not have felt so inferior.
Phrases with inferior
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with inferior
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- inferior to 51×
- an inferior 20×
- as inferior 17×
- inferior and 11×
- and inferior 9×
- were inferior 8×
- is inferior 8×
- the inferior 7×
- of inferior 7×
- are inferior 7×