inferiority

Roget-categorie 34

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.3. Quantity
›› 1.3.2. Comparative quantity

#34. Inferiority

zelfstandig naamwoord

inferiority, minority, subordinacy — shortcoming, deficiency — minimum — smallness etc. 32 — imperfection — lower quality, lower worth.
[personal inferiority] commonalty etc. 876.

werkwoord

be inferior etc. adj. — fall short of, come short of — not pass, not come up to — want.
become smaller, render smaller etc. (decrease) 36, (contract) 195 — hide its diminished head, retire into the shade, yield the palm, play second fiddle, be upstaged, take a back seat.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

inferior, smaller — small etc. 32 — minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary — secondrate etc. (imperfect) 651 — sub, subaltern — thrown into the shade — weighed in the balance and found wanting — not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to.
least, smallest etc. (little) (small) etc. 193 — lowest.
diminished etc. (decreased) 36 — reduced etc. (contracted) 195 — unimportant etc. 643.

bijwoord

less — under the mark, below the mark, below par — at the bottom of the scale, at a low ebb, at a disadvantage — short of, under.
3 CHANGES IN QUANTITY

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