Of or characteristic of low rank or importance.
Of low or inferior quality.
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.
falling ... / falling short of some prescribed norm.
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.