How to Use inferior in a Sentence

inferior

adjective
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  • The judges voted to overturn a ruling made by an inferior court.
  • He always felt inferior around his brother.
  • These pearls are of inferior quality.
  • They were considered a socially inferior group.
  • We are always getting dragged and put as the inferior poster children of what not to be.
    — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2024
  • For the first time in this series, Bill Belichick has an inferior team.
    — Keven Lerner, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • But this Ravens team is much better than that past iteration and has made sure not to get in its own way when playing inferior opponents.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • But Toraphene’s graphene comes from quarried graphite rather than being synthesized at low cost, an approach which can create an inferior product.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Instead, everyday purchases, such as buying groceries and filling up your gas tank, are in the inferior 2% cash back bucket.
    — Jennifer Yellin, CNN Underscored, 3 Jan. 2021
  • That’s the sign of a focused team that now has the ability to thump significantly inferior opponents without needing to empty the tank.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2024
  • District leaders acknowledge that online learning is inferior to in-person learning.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2020
  • But others say that the conventional wisdom of our day is based on small wars against technologically inferior opponents.
    — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 6 Dec. 2020
  • The overall quality of the tissue paper should be a major decision factor, because an inferior product can cause a lot of discomfort later.
    — Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2020
  • The dam is younger than the compact, and comes with younger and, in times of shortage, inferior rights.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • An inferior record in common games keeps them back of the Pack for now.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Instead, the seed will likely yield a small, inferior fruit on a rangy plant.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Many things in Europe are inferior to what's in the United States.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 24 June 2022
  • Do the Giants lose their cut of the billions of TV dollars if the product is inferior?
    — Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • No one wants to tear their fresh fillets to shreds, and there’s no surer way to do so than going at them with an inferior blade.
    — Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • This is not to say, however, that this vaccine is low-tech, and in some way inferior.
    — Monica Gandhi, Wired, 5 Mar. 2021
  • One, for an inferior team, the odds of getting two points are better than its odds of winning in overtime.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In the past 10 seasons, Texas' record is inferior to Missouri's.
    — USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • In the process, the brand is diluted — and demoted to being inferior to the celebrity.
    — Paul Blanchard, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
  • These guests would be steered to inferior rental properties, still paying the same prices.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The show’s faith in a world where no child—or no human—is made to feel inferior was always implied rather than spoken.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 May 2021
  • Life stages aren’t linear, so there’s no need to make your friend feel inferior or behind for not getting there yet, or at all.
    — Lindsay Geller, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The loss continued a troubling trend for the Yankees of losing teams with inferior records.
    — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • Despite the myths that hold humans inferior, to the Faes' amazement, Lore can read and translate their language.
    — Carole V. Bell, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Too low prices may send a message to the buyer of inferior quality.
    — Per Sjofors, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Stoddard says a leading cause of poor morale inside of companies is the use of inferior tools.
    — Rich Karlgaard, Forbes, 12 July 2022

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