Definition: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
Similar words: grapheme, graphic symbol, character
Definition: a written symbol that is used to represent speech
Usage: the Greek alphabet has 24 characters
Synonyms: inferior
Definition: one of lesser rank or station or quality
Similar words: follower
Definition: a person who accepts the leadership of another
Synonyms: substandard, deficient, inferior
Definition: falling short of some prescribed norm
Usage: substandard housing
Similar words: nonstandard
Definition: varying from or not adhering to a standard
Usage: nonstandard windows; envelopes of nonstandard sizes; nonstandard lengths of board
Synonyms: inferior
Definition: of or characteristic of low rank or importance
Similar words: humble, small, low, lowly, modest
Definition: low or inferior in station or quality
Usage: a humble cottage; a lowly parish priest; a modest man of the people; small beginnings
Similar words: indifferent
Definition: fairly poor to not very good
Usage: has an indifferent singing voice; has indifferent qualifications for the job
Similar words: low-level
Definition: at a low level in rank or importance
Usage: a low-level job; low-level discussions
Similar words: middle-level
Definition: intermediate in rank or position
Usage: middle-level management
Similar words: outclassed
Definition: decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class
Synonyms: inferior
Definition: of low or inferior quality
Similar words: bad
Definition: below average in quality or performance
Usage: a bad chess player; a bad recital
Similar words: base
Definition: (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
Usage: base coins of aluminum; a base metal
Similar words: sleazy, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, bum, tinny, punk, crummy
Definition: of very poor quality; flimsy
Similar words: bush, bush-league
Definition: not of the highest quality or sophistication
Similar words: cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry
Definition: cheap and shoddy
Usage: cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob- Judith Crist
Definition: of low or inferior quality or value
Usage: of what coarse metal ye are molded- Shakespeare; produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population
Similar words: coarsened
Definition: made coarse or crude by lack of skill
Similar words: commercial, commercial-grade
Definition: of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior
Usage: commercial grade of beef; commercial oxalic acid
Similar words: deplorable, execrable, woeful, wretched, miserable
Definition: of very poor quality or condition
Usage: deplorable housing conditions in the inner city; woeful treatment of the accused; woeful errors of judgment
Similar words: less
Definition: (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
Usage: no less than perfect
Similar words: low-grade
Definition: of inferior quality
Similar words: mediocre, second-rate
Definition: moderate to inferior in quality
Usage: they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
Definition: (British informal) very poor in quality
Usage: ropey food; a ropey performance
Similar words: scrubby, scrawny, stunted
Definition: inferior in size or quality
Usage: scrawny cattle; scrubby cut-over pine; old stunted thorn trees
Similar words: second-class
Definition: of inferior status or quality
Usage: a second-class citizen; second-class accommodations
Similar words: third-rate
Definition: of lesser quality than second-rate
Similar words: utility, utility-grade
Definition: used of beef; usable but inferior
Synonyms: inferior
Definition: lower than a given reference point
Usage: inferior alveolar artery