inferior
- n one of lesser rank or station or quality
- n a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
- a of or characteristic of low rank or importance
- a of low or inferior quality
- a written or printed below and to one side of another character
- a having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
Mercury and Venus are inferior planets - s lower than a given reference point
inferior alveolar artery - s falling short of some prescribed norm