inferior

Adjective

• falling short of some prescribed norm
  • substandard housing
    

• lower than a given reference point
  • inferior alveolar artery
    

• having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
  • Mercury and Venus are inferior planets
    

• written or printed below and to one side of another character

• of low or inferior quality

• of or characteristic of low rank or importance

Noun

• a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

• one of lesser rank or station or quality

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  deficient , substandard , subscript
• Antonyms: 
  superior , adscript , superscript , higher-up , superordinate