Inferior and Standard

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Inferior

Inferior adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: an inferior science textbook that was out-of-date the day that it was published
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Standard is an antonym for inferior.
Nearby Word: inferiority

Standard

Standard adjective - Conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind.
Usage example: standard brands
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Inferior is an antonym for standard.
Nearby Words: standardize, standardise, standardized, standardised, standardization
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ideal ideal inferior ideal standard
male male inferior male standard
social social inferior social standard

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  • Tanks for Nothing In Andrey Livadny's The History of the Galaxy series, standard treaded or wheeled vehicles are considered vastly inferior to Humongous Mecha/Real Robots.
    Source: Tanks for Nothing
  • Video Game / Warframe The Dera is a flashy Corpus take on the standard assault rifle, but it's considered inferior to most other weapons if its type because it's not hitscan. Vauban.
    Source: Video Game / Warframe
  • Video Game / System Shock Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better: Balance issues in the sequel made the energy weapons inferior to standard ones.
    Source: Video Game / System Shock
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