Explore Inferiority through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like superiority or calibre. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Inferiority in a sentence
Inferiority meaning
- The quality or state of being inferior.
- An inferior value or quality.
- An inferior power.
Synonyms of Inferiority
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Using Inferiority
- The main meaning on this page is: The quality or state of being inferior. | An inferior value or quality. | An inferior power.
- Useful related words include: lower status, unfavorable position, superiority, high quality.
- Possible Dutch translations are: minderwaardigheid, inferioriteit.
- In the example corpus, inferiority often appears in combinations such as: inferiority complex, of inferiority, inferiority of.
Context around Inferiority
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inferiority
- In this selection, "inferiority" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, non, incurable, implying, complex, versus and emanated stand out and add context to how "inferiority" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an incurable inferiority complex and by an inferiority complex particularly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inferiority" sits close to words such as ade, admirably and alf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inferiority
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He’s got an incurable inferiority complex. (7 words)
And I was wasting it with thoughts of inferiority. (9 words)
Feelings of anger and confusion are often followed with those of inferiority. (12 words)
Along with a fear that Wynn no longer loved her, there were several factors behind her depression, among them an inferiority complex, her eyesight problems and the trauma of a car accident that left Louise, as a baby, in intensive care. (41 words)
Rezafungin dosed once-weekly demonstrated statistical non-inferiority versus the current standard of care, dosed once-daily, meeting the primary endpoints of the studies for both the FDA and the European Medicines Agency, the companies said. (36 words)
Unfortunately, Morty still shows signs of having an inferiority complex, but this is largely because his family thinks of him as "basically an idiot," reinforcing the negative stereotype of himself. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Along with a fear that Wynn no longer loved her, there were several factors behind her depression, among them an inferiority complex, her eyesight problems and the trauma of a car accident that left Louise, as a baby, in intensive care.
Being in charge requires a healthy ego, someone who possesses a healthy sense of self and feels confident and self-assured without fearing inadequacy and inferiority.
Each time I slightly wince inside as it triggers a childhood memory of sniggers, silly rhymes and a subtle feeling of inferiority.
Rezafungin dosed once-weekly demonstrated statistical non-inferiority versus the current standard of care, dosed once-daily, meeting the primary endpoints of the studies for both the FDA and the European Medicines Agency, the companies said.
We defeated any lingering sense of inferiority and turned the walls of prison into an opportunity.
Bhatt said that everybody who comes to to enter the world of films has an inferiority complex, because they want to emulate their screen idols.
He’s got an incurable inferiority complex.
Mostly, our sense of inferiority emanated from New York, the big city that disparaged what it considered its benighted country cousin.
People would say I'm a huge success but I had these feelings of inferiority, of not being good enough.
The word “Negro” became a word implying inferiority during the 1960s, when Stokely Carmichael began the “Black Power” Movement in the USA.
Chief among the policies that reward inferiority and irresponsibility is the welfare state.
Feelings of anger and confusion are often followed with those of inferiority.
The good news is that Chinese don't have an inferiority complex about their local wine.
They viewed Jews’ alleged physical ugliness as innate evidence of moral inferiority.
This approach can leave team members with feelings of inadequacy, inferiority, and failure.
This German era of persecution and denial of citizenship rights to Jews bears comparisons with persecution based on the imputation of inferiority to African Americans.
Unfortunately, Morty still shows signs of having an inferiority complex, but this is largely because his family thinks of him as "basically an idiot," reinforcing the negative stereotype of himself.
A May 1902 test at Hythe, England, concluded “the inferiority of the Ross was very marked” in comparison to the Lee-Enfield.
An appalling number of people are made miserable by an inferiority complex particularly in these trying times in our country.
And I was wasting it with thoughts of inferiority.
Common combinations with inferiority
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- inferiority complex 18×
- of inferiority 14×
- inferiority of 14×
- the inferiority 9×
- an inferiority 8×
- inferiority and 6×
- inferiority to 4×
- numerical inferiority 4×
- and inferiority 3×
- their inferiority 3×