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inferiority

[in-feer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-] / ɪnˌfɪər iˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr- /
NOUN
deficiency
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Argentina might have taken the World Cup final to extra time - the fifth of the past six to go that far - but that could not mask their inferiority.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

To equate discomfort and/or brief awkwardness with artistic inferiority is a losing game for those who claim to love movies.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

Underlying all that is the fragile ego of a state whose outward brassiness is often a cover for an inferiority complex stoked by its glittering neighbor.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

In the first few weeks of the war we have seen how Iran has managed its tactical and materiel inferiority to some effect.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

Every time you mention some guy that's strictly a bastard--very mean, or very conceited and all--and when you mention it to the girl, she'll tell you he has an inferiority complex.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger




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