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inferior
inferior (lower, of lesser rank or quality) /infeɾiˈor/
adjective#5277 most common
Also: lower, substandard
Example sentences
Camera mea este la etajul inferior.
My room is on the lower floor.
Buza inferioară este umflată.
The lower lip is swollen.
Acest produs are o calitate inferioară.
This product has inferior quality.
Nimeni nu ar trebui să se simtă inferior din cauza greșelilor sale.
No one should feel inferior because of their mistakes.
Rezultatele obținute anul acesta au fost inferioare celor din anul precedent.
The results obtained this year were inferior to those of the previous year.
Deși părea inferior tehnic, prototipul mai vechi s-a dovedit, în cele din urmă, mai rezistent decât succesorul său sofisticat.
Although it seemed technically inferior, the older prototype ultimately proved more durable than its sophisticated successor.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | inferior (m) / inferioară (f) | inferiori (m) / inferioare (f) |
| Genitive | inferior (m) / inferioare (f) | inferiori (m) / inferioare (f) |
| Accusative | inferior (m) / inferioară (f) | inferiori (m) / inferioare (f) |
| Vocative | inferior (m) / inferioară (f) | inferiori (m) / inferioare (f) |
Word family
inferioritateinferiority
complex de inferioritateinferiority complex
a inferiorizato put down, to make feel inferior
superiorsuperior, higher (antonym)Etymology
Romanian borrowed "inferior" directly from Latin "inferior," the comparative form of "inferus," meaning low. The word entered Romanian as part of the wave of Latin and French neologisms adopted during the 19th-century modernization of the language, alongside its native descendant traditions. It kept both its spelling and its core meaning of being lower in position, rank, or quality.
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