inferior
adjective
lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed byto ).
inferiors
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pluralof inferior.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It’s as though we, the attendees of prestige cinema, are peering down on our social inferiors, clucking condescendingly while we credit ourselves with advanced empathy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
"Instead in those years he sat at home watching his contemporaries and intellectual inferiors on Newsnight."
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
Caliban gives these fellows the idea of killing Prospero and taking over the island, but they quickly reveal themselves to be his moral inferiors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
You don’t seem to be in the habit of treating your neighbors as your inferiors.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
He rolled along with every inexplicable order from his superiors, every foolish act of his inferiors, and every abrasive personality that military life could throw at an officer.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
