inferiority
Roget category 34
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.3. Quantity
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#34.
Inferiority
noun
inferiority,
minority,
subordinacy —
shortcoming,
deficiency —
minimum —
smallness
etc.
32 —
imperfection —
lower quality,
lower worth.
[personal inferiority]
commonalty
etc.
876.
verb
be inferior
etc.
adj. —
fall short of,
come short of —
not pass,
not come up to —
want.
become smaller,
render smaller
etc.
(decrease)
36,
(contract)
195 —
hide its diminished head,
retire into the shade,
yield the palm,
play second fiddle,
be upstaged,
take a back seat.
adjective
inferior,
smaller —
small
etc.
32 —
minor,
less,
lesser,
deficient,
minus,
lower,
subordinate,
secondary —
secondrate
etc.
(imperfect)
651 —
sub,
subaltern —
thrown into the shade —
weighed in the balance and found wanting —
not fit to hold a candle to,
can't hold a candle to.
least,
smallest
etc.
(little)
(small)
etc.
193 —
lowest.
diminished
etc.
(decreased)
36 —
reduced
etc.
(contracted)
195 —
unimportant
etc.
643.
adverb
less —
under the mark,
below the mark,
below par —
at the bottom of the scale,
at a low ebb,
at a disadvantage —
short of,
under.
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