In·fe·ri·or a.
 1. Lower in place, rank, value, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
    A thousand inferior and particular propositions.   --I. Watts.
    The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior nature.   --Burke.
    Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.   --Dryden.
 2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
 3. Astron. (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus. (b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
 4. Bot. (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx. (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
 5. Min. Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
 Inferior court Law, a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the superior court, or higher court.
 Inferior letter, Inferior figure Print., a small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to superior letter or figure), as in A₂, Bₙ, 2 and n are inferior characters.
 Inferior tide, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon.