Synonyms of the word inferior


INFERIORBAD - BASE - BOTTOM - BUM - BUSH - BUSH-LEAGUE - CHARACTER - CHEAP - CHEAPJACK - CHEESY - CHINTZY - COARSE - COARSENED - COMMERCIAL - COMMON - CRUMMY - DEFICIENT - DEPLORABLE - EXECRABLE - FLIMSY - FOLLOWER - GRAPHEME - HUMBLE - INDIFFERENT - JUNIOR - LESS - LOW - LOW-GRADE - LOW-LEVEL - LOWLY - MEDIOCRE - MISERABLE - MODEST - NONSTANDARD - OUTCLASSED - PETTY - PUNK - ROPEY - ROPY - SCRAWNY - SCRUBBY - SECOND-CLASS - SECOND-RATE - SECONDARY - SHODDY - SLEAZY - SMALL - STUNTED - SUBALTERN - SUBORDINATE - SUBSCRIPT - SUBSTANDARD - TAWDRY - THIRD-RATE - TINNY - UTILITY - WOEFUL - WORST - WRETCHED

inferior

  • adj. of lower quality.
  • adj. of lower rank.
  • adj. located below.
  • adj. (botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below…
  • adj. (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
  • adj. (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
  • adj. (astronomy) Below the horizon.
  • n. a person of lower stature to another.

bad

  • adj. Not good; unfavorable; negative.
  • adj. Not suitable or fitting.
  • adj. Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
  • adj. Unhealthy.
  • adj. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
  • adj. Evil; wicked.
  • adj. Faulty; not functional.
  • adj. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
  • adj. (of breath) Malodorous, foul.
  • adj. (informal) Bold and daring.
  • adj. (hip-hop slang) good, superlative.
  • adj. (of a need or want) Severe, urgent.
  • adv. (now colloquial) Badly.
  • n. (slang) Error, mistake.
  • n. (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted…
  • adj. (slang) Fantastic.
  • v. (archaic) Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.
  • v. (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).

base

  • n. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
  • n. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
  • n. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
  • n. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
  • n. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
  • n. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
  • n. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
  • n. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus…
  • n. Important areas in games and sports.
  • n. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
  • n. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
  • n. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
  • n. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
  • n. (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid…
  • n. (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
  • n. (heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
  • n. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
  • n. (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
  • n. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
  • n. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
  • n. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that…
  • n. (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
  • n. (music) Dated form of bass.
  • n. (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
  • n. (archaic) The housing of a horse.
  • n. (historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour)…
  • n. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
  • n. (obsolete) An apron.
  • n. A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from…
  • v. (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
  • v. (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
  • v. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
  • adj. (obsolete) Low in height; short.
  • adj. Low in place or position.
  • adj. (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
  • adj. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
  • adj. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
  • adj. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
  • adj. Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
  • adj. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
  • adj. (obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
  • adj. Not classical or correct.
  • adj. Obsolete form of bass.
  • adj. (law) Not held by honourable service.
  • n. (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
  • acr. Alternative form of BASE.

bottom

  • n. The lowest part from the uppermost part, in either of these senses.
  • n. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
  • n. (Britain, US) A valley, often used in place names.
  • n. The buttocks or anus.
  • n. (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
  • n. (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always…
  • n. (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn to bat.
  • n. (BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
  • n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrated or with a preference for being penetrated during homosexual intercourse.
  • n. (physics) A bottom quark.
  • n. (often figuratively) The lowest part of a container.
  • n. A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
  • n. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.
  • n. An abyss.
  • n. (obsolete) Power of endurance.
  • n. (obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
  • v. To fall to the lowest point.
  • v. To establish firmly; to found or justify on or upon something; to set on a firm footing; to set or rest…
  • v. (intransitive) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded.
  • v. (intransitive) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with a bottom.
  • v. To be the submissive in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
  • v. To be anally penetrated in gay sex.
  • adj. The lowest or last place or position.

bum

  • n. The buttocks.
  • n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal, rare, Canada, US) The anus.
  • n. (by metonymy, informal) A person.
  • v. (Britain, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
  • interj. (Britain) An expression of annoyance.
  • n. (Canada, US, colloquial) A homeless person, usually a man.
  • n. (Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory) a hobo.
  • n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
  • n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
  • n. (colloquial) A drinking spree.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial, pejorative) To behave like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.
  • v. (transitive, slang, Britain) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
  • adj. Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
  • adj. Unfair.
  • adj. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
  • adj. Unpleasant.
  • v. To depress; to make unhappy.
  • n. (dated) A humming noise.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
  • n. (obsolete) A bumbailiff.

bush

  • n. (horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually…
  • n. (slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.
  • n. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
  • n. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a…
  • n. (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
  • v. (intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
  • v. To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
  • v. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
  • n. (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
  • n. (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
  • n. (Canada) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
  • adv. (Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
  • adj. (colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
  • n. (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior".
  • n. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal (also bushing).
  • n. A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which…
  • n. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining.

bush-league

  • adj. (US) Minor-league; second-rate.

character

  • n. A being involved in the action of a story.
  • n. A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
  • n. A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group.
  • n. Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
  • n. A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially…
  • n. A written or printed symbol, or letter.
  • n. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
  • n. (computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing…
  • n. (informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.
  • n. (mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
  • n. Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
  • n. (dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
  • n. (dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.
  • v. (obsolete) To write (using characters); To describe.

cheap

  • n. (obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
  • n. (obsolete) A market; marketplace.
  • n. Price.
  • n. (obsolete) A low price; a bargain.
  • n. Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.
  • adj. Low and/or reduced in price.
  • adj. Of poor quality.
  • adj. Of little worth.
  • adj. (slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) Underhand or unfair.
  • adj. (chiefly Canada, US, derogatory) Ungenerous; stingy, mean (UK), tightfisted, excessively frugal.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To buy; purchase.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To sell.
  • adv. Cheaply.

cheapjack

  • n. A peddler, a travelling hawker.
  • adj. shabby.

cheesy

  • adj. Of or relating to cheese.
  • adj. Resembling, or containing cheese.
  • adj. (informal) Cheap, of poor quality.
  • adj. (informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
  • adj. (of a smile or grin) Exaggerated and likely to be forced or insincere.

chintzy

  • adj. Of or decorated with chintz.
  • adj. (figuratively) Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky.
  • adj. (figuratively) Excessively reluctant to spend; miserly, stingy.

coarse

  • adj. Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close…
  • adj. Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy;.

coarsened

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of coarsen.

commercial

  • n. An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.
  • n. (finance) A commercial trader, as opposed to an individual speculator.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to commerce.
  • adj. (aviation) Designating an airport that serves passenger and/or cargo flights.
  • adj. (aviation) Designating such an airplane flight.

common

  • adj. Mutual; shared by more than one.
  • adj. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
  • adj. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.
  • adj. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
  • adj. (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence…
  • adj. (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
  • adj. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
  • adj. (obsolete) Profane; polluted.
  • adj. (obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
  • n. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
  • n. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
  • n. The people; the community.
  • n. (law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other…
  • v. (obsolete) To communicate (something).
  • v. (obsolete) To converse, talk.
  • v. (obsolete) To have sex.
  • v. (obsolete) To participate.
  • v. (obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
  • v. (obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.

crummy

  • adj. (informal) Bad; poor.
  • adj. (dated) Full of crumb or crumbs; crumby.
  • adj. (dated) Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.
  • n. (informal, British Columbia and U.S. Pacific Northwest) Small van, bus, or railway car used to transport…

deficient

  • adj. Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
  • adj. Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
  • adj. (mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper…

deplorable

  • adj. Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.
  • adj. Lamentable, to be felt sorrow for, worthy of compassion.
  • n. A person or thing that is to be deplored.

execrable

  • adj. Of the poorest quality.
  • adj. Hateful.

flimsy

  • adj. Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
  • n. Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.
  • n. (informal, in the plural) Skimpy underwear.

follower

  • n. (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
  • n. Something that comes after another thing.
  • n. One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
  • n. One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
  • n. An imitator, who follows another's example.
  • n. A pursuer.
  • n. A person or an account holding entity who's following someone or something (such as a company, a government…
  • n. A machine part receiving motion from another.
  • n. A man courting a maidservant.
  • n. Young cattle.
  • n. A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
  • n. (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually…
  • n. (colloquial, dated) A debt collector.

grapheme

  • n. A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet…
  • n. In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.

humble

  • adj. not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
  • adj. Thinking lowly of oneself; claiming little for oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
  • v. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
  • v. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of;…
  • adj. hornless.

indifferent

  • adj. Not caring or concerned; uninterested, apathetic.
  • adj. Mediocre, usually used negatively in modern usage.
  • adj. Having no preference or bias, being impartial.
  • adj. Not making a difference; without significance or importance.
  • adj. (mechanics) Being in the state of neutral equilibrium.
  • adv. (obsolete) To some extent, in some degree (intermediate between very and not at all); moderately, tolerably,…

junior

  • adj. (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
  • adj. (not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
  • adj. (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
  • adj. (not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh…
  • n. A younger person.
  • n. A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun…
  • n. (chiefly US) A third-year student at a high school or university.

less

  • adv. To a smaller extent.
  • adv. In lower degree.
  • adj. (now archaic except with numbers) comparative form of little: more little; smaller.
  • adj. A smaller amount (of); not as much.
  • adj. (proscribed) A smaller number of; fewer.
  • prep. Minus; not including.
  • v. (obsolete) To make less; to lessen.
  • conj. (obsolete) unless.

low

  • adj. In a position comparatively close to the ground.
  • adj. Small in height.
  • adj. Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.
  • adj. Depressed, sad.
  • adj. Not high in amount or quantity.
  • adj. Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
  • adj. Quiet; soft; not loud.
  • adj. Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
  • adj. Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
  • adj. Being near the equator.
  • adj. Humble in character or status.
  • adj. Simple in complexity or development.
  • adj. Designed for the slowest speed, as in low gear.
  • adj. Articulated with a wide space between the flat tongue and the palette.
  • adj. (phonetics) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
  • adj. (archaic) Not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple.
  • n. Something that is low; a low point.
  • n. A depressed mood or situation.
  • n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
  • n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
  • n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
  • n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
  • adv. Close to the ground.
  • adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
  • adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
  • adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
  • adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
  • adv. In a time approaching our own.
  • adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower.
  • v. obsolete simple past tense of laugh.
  • v. (intransitive) To moo.
  • n. (countable, Britain, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
  • v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.
  • n. (archaic or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
  • n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.

low-grade

  • adj. Of inferior quality.

low-level

  • adj. relatively unimportant.
  • adj. not intense.
  • adj. (computing) of, or relating to a program, or to code in which each statement corresponds to a single machine…
  • adj. details.

lowly

  • adj. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
  • adj. Low in rank or social importance.
  • adj. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
  • adj. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
  • adv. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
  • adv. In a low condition; meanly.

mediocre

  • adj. Having no peculiar or outstanding features; not extraordinary, special, exceptional, or great; of medium…
  • n. A person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim. Common and undistinguished person.
  • n. (historical) A member of a socioeconomic class between the upper ranks of society and the agricultural…

miserable

  • adj. In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
  • adj. Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.
  • adj. Wretched; worthless; mean.
  • adj. (obsolete) Causing unhappiness or misery.
  • adj. (obsolete) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
  • n. A miserable person; a wretch.

modest

  • adj. Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.
  • adj. Small, moderate in size.
  • adj. (especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.

nonstandard

  • adj. Not standard.
  • adj. (linguistics) Not conforming to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
  • n. Something that is not standard.

outclassed

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of outclass.

petty

  • adj. (obsolete except in set phrases) Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
  • adj. Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
  • adj. Narrow-minded, small-minded.
  • n. (usually in the plural, obsolete) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.
  • n. (now historical) A class or school for young schoolboys.
  • n. (dialect, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

punk

  • n. (obsolete, countable) A prostitute; courtesan.
  • n. (countable, uncommon) The bottom in a male-male sexual relationship, especially in prison.
  • n. (countable) A juvenile delinquent; a young, petty criminal or trouble-maker; a hoodlum; a hooligan.
  • n. (countable) Any worthless person.
  • n. (uncountable) A social and musical movement rooted in rebelling against the established order.
  • n. (uncountable) The music of the punk movement, known for short songs with electric guitars, strong drums,…
  • n. (countable, sometimes as informal plural punx) A person who belongs to that movement and/or listens to…
  • adj. Of, from, or resembling the punk subculture.
  • adj. (Canada, US, informal) Weak or unwell; not in good health.
  • adj. (Canada, US, informal) Inferior; bad.
  • v. To pimp.
  • v. To forcibly perform anal sex upon an unwilling partner.
  • v. To prank.
  • v. (especially with "out") To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.
  • n. (uncountable) Any material used as tinder for lighting fires, such as agaric, dried wood, or touchwood,…
  • n. (countable) A utensil for lighting wicks or fuses (such as those of fireworks) resembling stick incense.

ropey

  • adj. Alternative spelling of ropy.

ropy

  • adj. Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
  • adj. Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
  • adj. (Britain, colloquial) Of poor quality; in poor health.
  • adj. (of milk or another liquid) Slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.

scrawny

  • adj. Thin, malnourished and weak.

scrubby

  • adj. Covered with or consisting of scrub.
  • adj. Inferior in size or quality.

second-class

  • adj. Inferior in quality or standing.

second-rate

  • n. (military, nautical, historical) a British ship-of-the-line sail warship that has 90 to 98 guns dispersed…
  • adj. Of mediocre quality, not first class.

secondary

  • adj. Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
  • adj. Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
  • adj. (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic…
  • adj. (geology) produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass.
  • adj. (geology) developed by pressure or other causes.
  • adj. (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
  • adj. (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
  • adj. Of less than primary importance.
  • adj. (education) related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of 11 and 18.
  • adj. (manufacturing) relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
  • adj. (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
  • n. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
  • n. (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
  • n. (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
  • n. (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or…
  • n. One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
  • n. (astronomy) A secondary circle.
  • n. (astronomy) A satellite.
  • n. Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.

shoddy

  • adj. Of poor quality or construction.
  • n. A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.

sleazy

  • adj. Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
  • adj. Dishonorable; base; vulgar; raunchy; sordid.

small

  • adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.
  • adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
  • adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
  • adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
  • adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
  • adv. In a small fashion.
  • adv. In or into small pieces.
  • adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
  • n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
  • v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.

stunted

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of stunt.
  • adj. prevented from growing or developing.
  • adj. (medicine) Of a person: shorter than usual for their age.

subaltern

  • adj. Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer,…
  • adj. (logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
  • n. A subordinate.
  • n. (Britain) A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
  • n. (logic) A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, some crows…
  • n. (social sciences) A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the…

subordinate

  • adj. Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
  • adj. Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.
  • adj. (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause.
  • n. (countable) One who is subordinate.
  • v. (transitive) To make subservient.
  • v. (transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.
  • v. (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.

subscript

  • n. (printing) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.
  • n. (computing) A numerical index into an array.
  • v. (computing, transitive, of a text) To convert to a subscript form.

substandard

  • adj. Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.

tawdry

  • adj. (of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.
  • adj. (of character, behavior, situations, etc.) Unseemly, base, shameful.

third-rate

  • n. (military, nautical, historical) a sailing warship that can be described with the adjective "third-rate".
  • adj. of lesser value or quality than second-rate.
  • adj. (military, nautical, historical) describing a British ship-of-the-line with 64 to 80 guns divided onto…

tinny

  • adj. Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.
  • adj. Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more…
  • adj. Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped.

utility

  • n. The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
  • n. Something that is useful.
  • n. (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the…
  • n. (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
  • n. (business, finance) A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities…
  • n. (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help…
  • n. (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
  • adj. Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
  • adj. Designating of a room in a house or building where mechanical equipment is installed; such as a furnace,…

woeful

  • adj. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
  • adj. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
  • adj. wretched; paltry; poor.

worst

  • adj. superlative form of bad: most bad.
  • n. something or someone that is the worst.
  • adv. In the worst way: most badly, most ill.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To make worse.
  • v. (dated, intransitive) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
  • v. (rare) To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.

wretched

  • adj. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief;…
  • adj. Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable.
  • adj. (obsolete) Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.
  • v. Misspelling of retched.

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