How to Use inferior in a Sentence

inferior

adjective

• 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.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• These guests would be steered to inferior rental properties, still paying the same prices.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
• 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
• Success paved the way for two inferior sequels and a 2015 remake that should never be spoken of again.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
• All these arguments amounted to the claim that Black people were alien and inferior.
  — Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022
• For decades, women have often played on inferior fields, which is known to increase the risk of non-contact leg injuries.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• There are two approaches to the surgery: one that targets inferior spurs on the bottom of the heel and another that targets posterior spurs on the back of the heel.
  — Stuart Hershman, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
• The Irish, too, were among the peoples regarded by English landowners as a distinct and inferior race.
  — Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022
• My mama and daddy worked, paid taxes, but their son had to attend an inferior school.
  — Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 12 July 2022
• So his doctors had chosen to put a filter in the main vein that brought blood from his legs back to his heart — a vessel called the inferior vena cava — to catch any clots that formed and broke free.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
• Hope the philosophy sticks as the Dodgers will plow through a final month against enough inferior competition that they could be tempted to chase the fool’s gold.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022
• Critics say that the aspect ratios are off, the sound quality is inferior and the resolution of the image falls short.
  — Divya Murthy, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2023
• My first guess is a ‘great opening word’ according to Wordle (if still inferior to crane, as always).
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• All too often their inferior opponents have awakened bright-eyed-bushy-tailed, and so full of vim and vinegar, breakfast can be skipped.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
• Whether that’s 100% true or not, what’s most damaging in recent seasons is the Cougars’ inability to win enough games, not enough even in an inferior league.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• Not that wines from Pennsylvania, Texas or elsewhere are inferior, but hard to find.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024