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noun one of lesser rank or station or quality
noun a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
adjective of or characteristic of low rank or importance
originBorrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“below, underneath”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0