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Webster 1913 Edition


Inferiority

In-feˊri-or′i-ty

,
[Cf. F.
infériorité
.]
The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition;
as,
inferiority
of rank, of talents, of age, of worth
.
A deep sense of our own great
inferiority
.
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inferiority

INFERIOR'ITY

,
Noun.
A lower state of dignity, age, value or quality. We speak of the inferiority of rank, of office, of talents, of age, of worth.