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inferiority

[in-feer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-] / ɪnˌfɪər iˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr- /
NOUN
deficiency
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It’s an inferiority complex tempered by innovative breakthroughs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

And the worse the Netflix originals get, the clearer it becomes that artistic inferiority has been baked into the company’s business model.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 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

And they remember a time in which the city’s messy urban forms and perceived cultural inferiority provided endless creative fuel, and liberation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

For some reason, somewhere in his life, he has gotten an inferiority complex.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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