inferiority

Example Sentences

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But it also has a dark side, stirring up feelings of inferiority and insecurity.

From Seattle Times

When the macho man swoops in to make a move on Erica, it rocks Jason’s confidence, triggering an inferiority complex and forcing the two to face off at the bachelor party.

From Los Angeles Times

"While you're sending messages in your room driven by your inferiority complex, I'm winning two gold medals at the Olympics," she wrote in her Instagram Stories over a screenshot of the messages she’s been receiving.

From Fox News

You can only admire the way Hamilton has embraced this season’s mechanical inferiority – just wait until next! – but people like him aren’t built to accept second.

From The Guardian

Kremlin leaders apparently regarded Trump as an "impulsive, mentally unstable and unbalanced individual who suffers from an inferiority complex" and thus the "most promising candidate."

From Salon