Definition of inferior:

• One who is younger, or of a lower rank.
• One who is in a lower station or rank than another.
• Lower in place, station, age, rank, & c.; subordinate; secondary; below; within the earth's orbit; under the ovary.
• Lower, as in station, rank, age, condition, excellence, or value; of second- rate quality; not the best; subordinate; in bot., applied to the ovary when it seems to be situated below the calyx, and to the part of a flower farthest from the axis.

Usage examples for inferior

1. And are women so inferior, then?  Mr. Hogarth's Will by Catherine Helen Spence

2. The man on the fence was never served with inferior stuff, and when Bill visited him he took with him of his best.  The Sweep Winner by Nat Gould

3. It was bitter for her to have to watch Joanna's steady rise in importance- the only respect in which she felt bitter towards her sister, since it was the only respect in which she felt inferior to her.  Joanna Godden by Sheila Kaye-Smith

4. 4. The returning of an article of inferior value, although in appearance like that which was borrowed.  The Young Man's Guide by William A. Alcott