inferior

of or characteristic of low rank or importance

of low or inferior quality

inferior in rank or status

• “the junior faculty”
• “a lowly corporal”
• “petty officialdom”
• “a subordinate functionary”

written or printed below and to one side of another character

having an orbit between the sun and the Earth''s orbit

• “Mercury and Venus are inferior planets”

lower than a given reference point

• “inferior alveolar artery”

falling short of some prescribed norm

• “substandard housing”

one of lesser rank or station or quality

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