in·fe·ri·or (n-fîr-r)
adj. Abbr. inf.
Low or lower in order, degree, or rank: Captain is an inferior rank to major.
Low or lower in quality, value, or estimation: inferior craft; felt inferior to his older sibling.
Second-rate; poor: an inferior student.
Situated under or beneath.
Botany. Located below the perianth and other floral parts. Used of an ovary.
Anatomy. Located beneath or directed downward.
Printing. Set below the normal line of type; subscript.
Astronomy.
Orbiting between the earth and the sun: Mercury is an inferior planet.
Lying below the horizon.
n. Abbr. inf.
A person lower in rank, status, or accomplishment than another.
Printing. An inferior character, such as the number 2 in CO2.