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inferior goods

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plural noun

Economics.
  1. commodities that are less in demand as consumer income rises.


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Giffen Goods are not superior goods at all, they are inferior goods.

From Forbes ● Nov. 23, 2014

The Soviet legal code outlaws a whole range of economic activities, such as conducting a private business, acquiring foreign currency, and delivering inferior goods for sale on the Soviet market.

From Time Magazine Archive

The program proclaims that inefficient workers and factories will not be rewarded and that the consumer must be protected against high prices and inferior goods caused by "the monopoly position" of state enterprises.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unprized Packaging Sir: Recessional Sir: How can anyone call this a depression when the consumer is paying inflation prices for inferior goods and services?

From Time Magazine Archive

But it is hardly so; most men are more likely to be wheedled into taking slightly inferior goods at a slightly greater price.

From Monopolies and the People by Charles Whiting Baker

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