inferior
     adj 1: of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant: {superior}]
     2: of low or inferior quality [ant: {superior}]
     3: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
        corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
        functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {lower}, {lower-ranking},
         {lowly}, {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern}, {subordinate}]
     4: written or printed below and to one side of another
        character [syn: {subscript}] [ant: {adscript}, {superscript}]
     5: having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit;
        "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [ant: {superior}]
     6: lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar
        artery"
     7: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
        [syn: {deficient}, {substandard}]
     n 1: one of lesser rank or station or quality [ant: {superior}]
     2: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or
        slightly below and to the side of another character [syn:
        {subscript}] [ant: {superscript}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0