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Recent Examples of inferiority
There’s no one to root for here, an impression that’s underlined by the consistent lack of inferiority within the characters.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2026
Since the 1970s, feminist scholars have been actively documenting the ways menstruation has been used to ground false arguments about women’s weakness, invalidism, and inferiority in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
—Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
Just to be clear, Trump supporters are now rubbing the inferiority of women in the face of women who ask for support for girls sports.
—Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
Statistically, the results did not show that CagriSema performed equivalently to Lilly’s drug — what’s known as non-inferiority.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 23 Feb. 2026
These feelings of inferiority were, at times, amplified at home.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
The above is all due to a complex of inferiority.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
Both attitudes—the inferiority, the megalomania—are dangerous.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
This will disguise her inferiority, Morrible says.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Katie Rife, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2026
Since the 1970s, feminist scholars have been actively documenting the ways menstruation has been used to ground false arguments about women’s weakness, invalidism, and inferiority in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
—Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
Just to be clear, Trump supporters are now rubbing the inferiority of women in the face of women who ask for support for girls sports.
—Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
Statistically, the results did not show that CagriSema performed equivalently to Lilly’s drug — what’s known as non-inferiority.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 23 Feb. 2026
These feelings of inferiority were, at times, amplified at home.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
The above is all due to a complex of inferiority.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
Both attitudes—the inferiority, the megalomania—are dangerous.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
This will disguise her inferiority, Morrible says.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inferiority
Noun
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Johnson said depression often manifests as persistent negative self-perception, hopelessness, feelings of worthlessness and social withdrawal.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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Kitty, whose worldly possessions fit into two plastic bags, is seen repeatedly in the same clothes, and bourgeois hostility to her presence in Beth’s middle-class neighborhood compounds her feelings of worthlessness.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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On one side, a satanic figure named Randall Flagg who gathers his forces of badness to Las Vegas; on the other, the good guys, led by 108-year-old Mother Abigail in, of all places, Boulder.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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Experts have also said America’s broader retirement system earns just a C-plus grade, with persistent gaps in coverage, savings adequacy, and longevity protection.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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One of the big issues with AI is its voracious appetite for energy, which has led to concern about supply, the adequacy of electrical grids and higher electric costs for average households.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ultimately, the voters decide on acceptability.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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The second difference is acceptability.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To issue an Amber Alert, law enforcement must determine that specific statutory conditions are met, including the age of the child, law enforcement’s belief in imminent danger of serious injury or death, and the sufficiency of existing information to assist in recovery.—
Itay Ravid,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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The sufficiency of disapproval to derail Trump’s primary immigration enforcement serves as further damning evidence against the companies and entities that so easily and so quickly capitulated to Trump last year.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Inferiority.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferiority. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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