inferiority, minority, subordinacy; shortcoming, deficiency; minimum; smallness; imperfection; lower quality, lower worth., [personal inferiority] commonalty [more].

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

inferior, smaller; small; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; second-rate (imperfect) [more]; 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 (little, small [more]); lowest., diminished (decreased); reduced (contracted); unimportant.

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.