Adjective

(en adjective)

of lower quality

Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.

* Dryden

Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.

of lower rank

an inferior officer

located below

# (typography) Printed in subscript.

an inferior figure or letter

(botany) 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.

(botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.

(astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.

the inferior''' or interior planets; an '''inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus

(astronomy) Below the horizon.

the inferior part of a meridian

Adjective

(er)

Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

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Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation

Spurious, artificial.

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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.

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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.

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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.

Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.

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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:whose false foundation waves have swept away

Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

(lb) Out of tune.